Pregnant? Take Care of Yourself and Learn Your Options
Pregnant and Scared? How to Take Care of Yourself and Learn Your Options Finding out you're pregnant when you're not ready can feel overwhelming. Your mind might be racing with…
Heart to Heart Adoption
Will I Regret Choosing Adoption? Birth Mothers Answer
Will I Regret Choosing Adoption? Honest Answers from Real Birth Mothers "Will I regret this for the rest of my life?" This might be one of the biggest fear you…
When Birth Parents Don’t Respond
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
"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…
How My Adoption Shaped My Parenting
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…
Adoption Faith and Forgiveness: Healing from the Inside Out
Faith and Forgiveness: Healing from the Inside Out How Prayer Helped Set Down Bitterness Through faith, Alexander finds the strength to forgive and heal from the pain of unanswered questions…
Crossing State Borders With a New Baby–Know the Laws
ICPC—Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children —allows for a child's legal transport from one state to another in a foster or adoption placement. If you travel to another state…