Adoption has come so far. 50 years ago: Birth moms had very few rights. Parents adopting children didn’t have enough information on trauma informed care. Adoptees didn’t have the freedom to share their stories. While anyone in the adoption triad will tell you the adoption space is far from perfect, it’s healthy to look back…
Continuing our conversation about transracial adoption, we are chatting with Kelly Lang, adoptive mama, teacher, and advocate for understanding and fostering diversity in our homes and communities. Kelly talks about the choices they’ve made and the lessons they’ve learned as a transracial family. For some of our community who don’t know you, could you tell…
When my husband and I agreed that adoption would be the route we took to build our family, we swiftly agreed to be open to transracial adoption. After all, I had a cousin adopted from Guatemala, and we had several multiracial (adoptive) families in our church. We had a support system and some knowledge, and…
Fear crept through my body the instant we signed the contract with the adoption agency. The reluctance, caution, trepidation, and excitement swirled together and hit me like a tidal wave. The risk of the unknown was way too much for my conservative nature. Back in our dating days, Ashley and I knew that we were…
Last time on the blog, Hannah Eloge of Kindred and Co encouraged our community to listen to birth moms, expectant parents, and adoptees. That’s why we’re especially excited to share today’s blog. This month we sat down with Britta Hoffman, one of the Storytellers of our adoption community. Britta chatted with us about her experience…
At Adopt a Love Story, we celebrate the strong women of the adoption movement. From expectant moms to adoptive moms, we see that their powerful love creates forever homes. March is Women’s History Month, and we’re thinking about how adoption can empower women on every side of the adoption story, and we’re learning how to…
I feel like I have been sitting here for quite some time now. That in-between space. Honestly, my heart grows weary just thinking about it. Three years ago, we had just move to Africa. Three years ago we were in the in-between of our single married life and our first adoption. Not knowing when we…
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” C.S. Lewis I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” —John 16:33 Over the last year, we’ve been on a journey called adoption. We’ve experienced…
When we started the adoption process, I came into it a little blind. I always knew I would love this sweet little baby that would soon become part of our family. I knew we would fall more and more in love with him daily, spend our life wanting better for him and praying for him…
I woke up this morning to a message from a dear friend. In the message she told me that a little baby boy in an orphanage in Uganda had passed away. Immediately my head went back to six years ago working in a public hospital in Kampala. There I watched a little boy slip from…
The journey of adoption is dynamic and beautiful, but it can also be isolating and difficult. Historically, adoptions have often happened quietly, and the process was little understood. In our time, adoptive families have transformed the movement of adoption into a redemptive narrative, and a celebration of love and community. Recently I joined adoptive parents…