This content was originally published by Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit. Let’s pause for just a moment to recognize that this season of joy is
A Very Foster Christmas and an Adoptive New Year
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
$1500 Adoption Grant Available for Home Study Approved Families
Adoption is Love Fund is still accepting applications for their grant. The $1,500 grant was created by an adoptive family hoping to help prospective adoptive parents with adoption expenses. Grants are
Discovering a Different Kind of Love through Open Adoption
“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
Minneapolis Camp-Conference for Teen Adoptees
Registration is now open for the Adopteen Camp-Conference in Minneapolis, a five-day camp for teen adoptees, entirely run by adoptees! Since 2008, Adopteen has worked to bring the adoptee community
Feels Like Home | A Birth Mother’s Story
From the moment I found out I was pregnant, I knew I was going to do adoption. But the path was not as straight-forward as I first expected. My daughter’s
Letter to My Mother
Dear Mother, Writing “Dear Mother” seems so formal, yet I never met you so I can’t call you “mom.” I don’t even know if you would have wanted me to
Participate in Columbia University Research
Columbia University received a large federal grant and are eager to find participants for three studies. Two of the studies require families to go to their lab in New York
A Letter from My Birth Parents
The following is an excerpt from How Did You Find Me, a sweet story about love lost and found again. Crossing over decades, the book weaves together the narratives of an
$1500 Adoption Grant Available for Home Study Approved Families
We’ve just been notified of a new grant available to Minnesota adoptive families who are home study approved. The $1,500 grant was created by an adoptive family hoping to help
