In 2009, we adopted a teen from foster care; Lindsey became the third child in our blended family. Since then, I’ve become passionate about encouraging other adoptive families, and helping educate others who might be considering adoption or foster care. We’ve spoken at events and foster/adoptive training conferences, done radio and television interviews, and shared our story in a national magazine.
–> Read our first adoption story.
Four years later, we adopted again. Our new additions to the family were a biological brother and sister who had already spent two years in foster care at the relatively young ages of 4 and 5.
–> Read Adoption Story #2.
No unicorns here.
Parenting isn’t easy, even with biological raised-from-birth kids with no trauma background; adopting non-infants adds complicated layers to the equation. I do my best to give a realistic picture of what adoption is like. I believe romanticized expectations are often what cause disrupted adoptions — so you won’t get rainbows and unicorns from me, even though I’ll always be an adoption advocate.
A few of my most popular adoption posts:
- Adoption is hard. And weird. But worth it.
- Invisible Special Needs in Adoption
- Confessions of an Adoptive Mom {aka Great Expectations}
- When Mom Struggles with Bonding in Adoption
- If Someone You Know is Adopting…
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Thanks for reading,
I’m honored to have been named a Top Adoptive Mom Blog for 2016 and 2017, and listed as one of the Top 100 Adoption Blog.
