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Why We Don't Keep our Daughters' Artwork

USA   Sibling Adoption, Family Adoption Stories, Foster to Adopt

Our daughters Jayda and Makenna spent a combined 3,188 days in foster care before we became a family. Shortly after they moved in, I came across a box...

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Why it Feels Like My Life has Just Begun at 51

USA   Sibling Adoption, Family Adoption Stories, Older Parent Adoption, Adoption Process, Foster to Adopt

Our adoption journey was really set in motion when I first went to a DHS information presentation. After class I said to the instructor, “You...

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Love at last

USA   Family Adoption Stories, Single Parent Adoption, Foster to Adopt

Finalization day was today, and what a whirlwind. We have been counting down the days for weeks and it is finally here. With friends and family sittin...

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Connor's adoption story

USA   Family Adoption Stories, Foster to Adopt, Foster Care

Duane and Nicole  remember the first time they met their son. Joined by his foster parents and caseworker, they were introduced to a shy 3 year o...

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Willing to Open Their Hearts

Foster to Adopt, Foster Care

We know that foster parents not only manage all the usual appointments and activities that come with having children at home, but they also spend coun...

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What NOT to say to a Foster Parent

USA   Foster to Adopt, Foster Care, Child Welfare Advocacy

Do you ever take a second to think about something before you say it?  Often times we don’t think about things before they come rolling off...

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Caring for a Sister's Son

USA   Foster to Adopt

Married only a few months, I was busy blending my new family together that included two stepsons and my son from a prior relationship. We were also ex...

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Foster Parenting Facts and Resources

Foster to Adopt, Foster Care

It’s always very important to honor, unite, and celebrate families who are providing foster care to children and youth in need.   “On...

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Foster to Adopt in Ethiopia

Ethiopia   Family Adoption Stories, Christian, Foster to Adopt, Family and Community Support

Benti and his wife, Adanech, had been married 14 years when they learned that Benti’s 5-year-old niece, Bethlehem, needed a home. Unable to have...

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Expanding Our Family through Foster Care Adoption

USA   Family Adoption Stories, Foster to Adopt, Foster Care

My husband and I already had one biological son when we thought about expanding our family. The subject of having a second child kept coming up every ...

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