Find Hope in Adoption: When Both Birth Mothers and Adoptive Parents Feel Powerless We hear our hopeful adoptive parents. You feel powerless. We hear our courageous birth mothers. You feel…
Letters Left Unanswered: When Birth Parents Don’t Respond Alexander knows what it’s like to write a letter and never hear back. He wrote his birth mom a letter. Not out…
"You're Not My Real Parents"—Words That Burn and Linger There's no universal way that people feel about being adopted. For Alexander, it was a slow layering of emotions—some clear, some…
Searching for Biological Roots Searching for Roots: An Adoptee’s Quiet Journey Toward Truth Alexander’s search for his birth mother wasn’t about replacing family—it was about understanding identity.There's a shift that…
Full Circle: Adoptee Becomes Adoptive Father “Something changes when you hold a child in your arms that mirrors the path you’ve walked.” Alexander muses. Alexander didn’t step into adoption blind.…
Breaking the Cycle: How My Adoption Shaped My Parenting Alexander vowed to raise his adopted child with openness, honesty, and answers he never got growing up. Adoption left its mark…
Adoptee Adopting a Child--Unique Perspective When an adoptee adopts a child, he comes to the parenting task with a unique perspective. This is Alexander and his son's story. His perspective…