Category: adoption

  • Adoption: Answering Reader Questions

    As I mentioned recently, it’s National Adoption Month, which is a good excuse to answer some reader questions about adoption. Like these… Q: “We’re in a rental house with only 3 bedrooms… my 3 boys share a room and we use the 3rd for a school room. If we adopt locally through the foster system…

  • If Someone You Know is Adopting

    If Someone You Know is Adopting

    Do you know someone who is planning to adopt, or has recently adopted? Speaking from the voice of experience as an adoptive mom myself (to three of my five kiddos), I’d like to share a few helpful hints for those with friends or family who are adopting. Be excited! What would you do for a…

  • Considering Adoption?

    November is National Adoption Month, and it’s coming up soon! So I’ll be posting a few of the adoption-related posts — like this one — that have been bouncing around my head. If you have questions, this would be a great time to email them to me (although you can do that anytime!) and I’ll…

  • Adoption Story by Angie {Guest Post}

    (Thank you to Angie for today’s guest post! Be sure to visit her blog, The One Thing to follow along with her family and homeschooling adventures.) “You will probably never have a baby.” Those words can really get you to focusing on desires that you never knew you had. I didn’t realize how much I…

  • Adoption Story by Sarah {Guest Post}

    (Thank you to Sarah for today’s guest post!) My husband and I are the proud parents of five children. Two of our kids are adopted and we have three biological children. A year and a half ago we adopted our son from the US foster system at age seven. This past February, our son Reese,…