Michelle was born to her 16-year-old mother in an era when young women were kicked out of school for being pregnant. Michelle’s great-grandmother Flossie, whom she called Nana, took in baby Michelle
Waiting for Permanency
Christopher and Ronnie waited to fulfill their dreams of growing their family through adoption until they knew how to go about finding the children in their community who needed families. It was
A Journey to Sibling Adoption
High school sweethearts, Brooke and Brandon from Northwestern Minnesota, married and dreamed of having a big family. Heartbroken and disappointed after years of unsuccessful fertility treatments, they
Providing Tools for Success
Both Jack and Nate spent more than a decade of their life in an orphanage. Jack’s vision problems were so severely neglected, he was unable to see to complete his homework. Scoliosis plagues Nate’s
Humble Beginnings, Beautiful Families
Tammy Makram’s and Liz Kellner’s first days of life garnered headlines in the 1960s as they would today. The full biological sisters were both abandoned during the holiday season, four years apart,
