Our Three Failures Led Us to Our Baby
Hope was overwhelming when our home study was done. The profile book was completed. And we were active. How would we find our baby? We were with a consultant and…
Tyler Got Ready Then the Reality Hit Hard
"My mind couldn't really process what was going on," Tyler said. "I was cataloging everything in my head that needed to be done before we could leave." Tyler owns a…
Where They Are Now–Premature Birth Hasn’t Slowed Ellie
The March night temperatures remained chilly. At 12:15 in the morning, even the visitor parking lot was nearly deserted. After hearing that Ellie was born, Alysia and Matt had driven…
Mother Told She Doesn’t Have to Sign Adoption Papers
“You don’t have to sign,” I told Marnette. She’d just given birth to twins. A month earlier, she had chosen a family to adopt the tiny little boy and girl.…
I Wanted to Do Something Good–Birth Mother Writes
Birth mother, Quest Blogger The father of my baby wanted me to get an abortion. We had two children. And were not planning on anymore. My contraceptive implant was causing…
We Know About the Unethical. We Avoid It.
We’re an adoption agency. It’s the most incredible work in the world. It’s also very complicated and overwhelming. Not everyone agrees with adoption. We know that. And we know why.…
The Biological Pull Is Strong. It Doesn’t Replace Who Raised You.
Where do I get my blue eyes from? My weird double-jointed elbows? Being left-handed? My stubborn attitude? Fabulous sense of humor? ???? Do they think of me? It was a worry…