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Home / Blog / Adoptive Family Stories

A Very Foster Christmas and an Adoptive New Year

November 11, 2018 by Staff Contributor

A picture of a street with holiday decorations and the words "A Very Foster Christmas and an Adoptive New Year, Dec 8 4 PM"

Joyful Noize Productions is putting together a show celebrating the foster/adoption community and YOU are the stars. They have an open call for story tellers who want to share their first-person foster or adoption story—these can be foster/adopted youth, grown up youth, siblings, parents, and kinship folks. As a story teller, you will tell your

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Adoptive Family Stories, Birth Parent Reflections, Events, Foster Care, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News

Reconnecting with Our Daughter’s Foster Mom

September 6, 2018 by Guest Contributor

A picture of Kara, her daughter, and her daughter's foster mother on a birthland tour to South Korea.

A Tour Korea Story We walked into the small, overheated room and 11 years melted away.  Our daughter’s foster mom looked at the 11 year old standing in front of her and started to cry. All of a sudden we were one giant group hug. I could only think to say, “She’s ok, she’s healthy.”

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News

Discovering a Different Kind of Love through Open Adoption

August 23, 2018 by Staff Contributor

Ben, Wendy, Augustin and his birth mother are smile while sitting in a living room.

“I decided to trust that a child was out there, waiting for us. Now, I whisper in his ears when we rock at night, ‘I’m so glad you’re here, but what took you so long?’” Wendy said of finally realizing a lifelong dream of motherhood at 44 years old. Just over a year ago, Wendy

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Infant Adoption, News

Brothers in Spirit Become Brothers for Life

July 16, 2018 by Staff Contributor

The family is pictured on the couch in their living room sitting with their two sons adopted from China and their dog.

Jack and Benjamin saw themselves as brothers. Both entered the same Chinese orphanage as infants. Only nine months apart, they shared a room for 10 years. Despite being close, they maintained their individuality: Benjamin outgoing and artistic, whereas Jack is introverted, analytical and conscientious. At 9 and 10 years old, the probability they’d be adopted before aging out

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, International Adoption, News

The Gap

June 27, 2018 by Guest Contributor

A young teen hugs her mom.

Let me start off by saying that I deeply believe in family preservation and open adoption whenever and however possible. I think there would be far less of a need for adoption and foster care if we really believed in family preservation and providing families with the support they needed to parent successfully. I also

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, News

Becoming a Bilingual Family

June 20, 2018 by Staff Contributor

Kip and Amy are pictured with their three children who were adopted from Latin America.

After a year-and-a-half of paperwork, Kip and Amy made their home in Ecuador for ten weeks while the adoption of their three children finalized. Throughout the entire adoption Kip and Amy’s determination and love shown through. Falling in love After they were matched with their children, nearly a year passed before they were able to

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, International Adoption, News

Mother’s Day and the Streets of San Francisco: An Adoption Journey

May 13, 2018 by Jennifer Jones

A family picture of Jennifer, her husband, her son (adopted from China) and daughter (adopted from India).

The hostess seats us at a corner table overlooking the bay and bridge. All around us families gather to celebrate their mothers. Though we are just a party of four adults the waiter brings over two flowers: One for my mother, and one for me. The two mothers at our table. Except I’m not a

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, International Adoption, News

Not Mom

April 9, 2018 by This Abundance

Amanda and her son, adopted from foster care, walk on a rocky platform next to the beach. The photo is taken from afar.

As a preface, my son and I spoke and prayed over my sharing of this story. It is precious and beautiful and sensitive – meant to be kept in this space. It is not easy to share – not because of the content itself, but because it’s just so sacred. I almost didn’t write this

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, News

On That First Night (A thousand times yes)

March 7, 2018 by This Abundance

A picture of Amanda's toddler son's hand as he grips a wood fence.

I realize that I might often sound romantic. Not kissy-romcom romantic. Rather, that my words are idyllic, flowery, sentimental or suggesting an idealized view of reality. Adding color to the mundane with beautiful words and clever phrasing. I never want to be one of those people, whose Facebook wall and blog posts portray a ‘pinterest-perfect’ life. I want to be

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, News

Why It Is So Important To Resolve Your Own Trauma When Parenting Children with Attachment Disorders

February 21, 2018 by Guest Contributor

A white mother hugs her African American daughter while looking at a lake. The photo is taken from behind.

An online friend recently posted something I found very insightful. She basically said that the reason a child with an attachment disorder is so difficult to parent boils down to one simple thing, your own trauma. At first I was ready to go up in arms and set her straight but the more I thought

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, News, Parenting

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