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Waiting To Adopt During the Holidays
Season 1 Episode 3
“During the holidays, for me, it was really different each season. Sometimes I really wanted and needed the love and excitement that came from those …
2 years, 2 months ago
Improving Adoptive and Birth Parent Relationships
Season 2 Episode 7
"The way families approach to children in this space that they are hoping to adopt is often leading with this idea of ownership. And you see that in …
2 years, 2 months ago
Supporting Your Spouse & Staying Flexible During The Adoption Wait
Season 2 Episode 6
“ I think a lot of times without realizing it, adoptive parents start the story from where we (adoptive parents) started our story, but for the adopt…
2 years, 3 months ago
Staying Encouraged When Your Adoption Profile Isn’t Chosen
Season 2 Episode 5
“You do not give up on parenthood. If this is something you want to do...there are people like us who will help you. We will encourage you. We will r…
2 years, 6 months ago
Changing the "Lucky Child" Adoption Narrative
Season 2 Episode 4
"Whether our daughter had stayed with her birth family, whether she ended up with us, whether she ended up with any of the hundreds of other prospect…
2 years, 8 months ago
Grieving & Recovering From a Disrupted Adoption
Season 2 Episode 6
A disrupted adoption is when a waiting adoptive family and an expectant family or a child eligible for adoption are matched, but the adoption is stop…
2 years, 9 months ago
How To Empower Yourself While You Wait To Adopt
Season 2 Episode 5
“We trust the process. We trust the woman who's making this decision. And we don't want to try to control it...There's so much you feel you can contr…
2 years, 11 months ago
Living Open Adoption Fearlessly & Faithfully
Season 2 Episode 4
When Kat started the adoption process: “I feared it would confuse my child. I feared that he would love his birth family more than me and not think o…
3 years ago
Preparing For The Hospital Experience: What Waiting Adoptive Families Need to Know About Creating A Birth Plan
Season 1 Episode 2
"In that moment I felt like he was not quite mine yet, he was the son of his birth parents. So I didn’t want to burst into a room with a suitcase ful…
3 years, 4 months ago
Finding Support & Community While Waiting To Adopt: A Conversation With The Infant Adoption Guide's Tim Elder
Season 1 Episode 1
“We want the confidence that we can do it and know that it’s going to work out okay. And you don’t know. But, that’s why I strongly encourage communi…
3 years, 5 months ago