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Addressing Jealousy in Adoption

Addressing Jealousy in Adoption

Adoption is a complex journey that unites families of varying backgrounds, experiences, cultures, and beliefs. For Birth Mothers and Adoptive Mothers alike, the process can be layered with love, sacrifice, joy, and, sometimes, painful feelings that are challenging to...

Love Alone is Not Enough

Love Alone is Not Enough

As adoptive parents, we often hear that love is the most important ingredient in raising children. While love is undoubtedly a crucial foundation, it's essential to recognize that love alone is not enough in adoption. Raising well-rounded, healthy adoptees requires...

Love is Not Enough in Adoption

Love is Not Enough in Adoption

 As a child, I often heard the word "love" used in many different contexts. For example, people would say, “I love homemade macaroni and cheese,” or “I love poetry, sunflowers, and rainy days.” I was told I was loved by countless individuals, each in their way. More...

Adoption is Love – What Does Love Look Like in Adoption?

Adoption is Love – What Does Love Look Like in Adoption?

Most people associate the word "love" with feelings of hope, desire, joy, and safety. Love, though, is so much more than the fond feelings we have toward someone. We’ve all heard it before: Love Is a Verb. But what does love really look like when we apply it to the...

The Year 2024 in Review

The Year 2024 in Review

2024 has been the year of community and building connections within the adoption triad. Intentionality combined with action leads to growth and long-lasting connections.   January: Building Community What I Wish I Knew No one has life figured out. I have spent...

Reflecting on Our Adoption Journey

Reflecting on Our Adoption Journey

As we approach the end of the year, it's a perfect time for reflection and renewal. As adoptive parents, we have journeyed through a year filled with lessons, challenges, and triumphs. Now, we have the opportunity to take those lessons and turn them into meaningful...

A Year of Community

A Year of Community

As the year 2024 comes to a close, I want to take some time to reflect on what this year meant to me as an individual. We started the year off discussing the importance of community and just how life changing it can be. I know firsthand how deeply healing getting...