Adoption Blog

Waiting For Placement: Twiddling Your Thumbs
Now that you have made it through the home study process and officially received the stamp of approval, what should you do now?
Unfortunately, there is no way to determine with any accuracy how long you’ll wait to find a match. So, after all the twiddling your thumbs you can handle, what do you do with all the “time to kill”?

What is a Home Study?
It is a *process*, a study of who you are and how those complex and unique variables will enhance and challenge your pursuit of becoming adoptive parents.

What Do I Say?
But what do I say?: Telling my child that their sibling was placed for adoption.

Coffee and Crumbs
Since becoming a mother, all things Coffee and Crumbs has been a staple in my days.

Shop Small
Wanted: Woman with strong work ethic, good social skills, money management and people management experience, exceptional multitasking ability. Must keep flexible work schedule, non traditional hours (evenings and weekends a must). Must be willing to work overtime.

The Girls Who Went Away
The author Ann Fessler is an adoptee who interviewed hundreds of women about their experiences with losing their children to adoption following WWII and before Roe v. Wade.

The “AHA Moment”
Have you ever had a moment where you stop and look at the person you’ve become and wondered what it was in life that brought you to this point?