Real adoption case manager stories. From delivery rooms to unexpected matches, this is what showing up actually looks like.
Stories → They come when they're needed
Adoption isn't just paperwork and placements. It's a case manager who notices that two families both love Dungeons & Dragons. It's someone holding a birth mother's hand in the delivery room. It's a birth father saying goodbye to someone who felt like his best friend. These are their stories.
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Kathy went to place a two-month-old baby. Her connection with the birth father and the birth mother grew quickly as they made decisions about extending the family. Kathy didn't expect to leave with her heart this full. The birth father told her she was like his best friend. Watch Kathy tell this story. She doesn't get through it dry-eyed.
A case manager noticed something small. A potential adoptive family and a birth family that shared a love of Dungeons & Dragons. What happened next became a beautiful match that not only did they play in the hospital room, but there are plans to enjoy this as an extended family for years to come.
The birth mother was sick. The baby was coming. And our case manager was right there, holding her hair back, holding her hand, holding the moment together. Then, unexpectedly, the baby was born. This is what it looks like when someone truly comes when they're needed.
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