Most of us love to talk about our children, but there seems to be something extra special about adoption stories. If you have added a child or children to your home through adoption, and created your own forever family, we'd love to read your adoption story.
Foster Care Adoption Takes Time
Sept 9, 08, a sibling group was placed with us. We didn't want to foster because of risk of returning home, and because I'd already had 4 miscarriages before my bio son was born. It'd be too much. Th…
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Waiting for a "Yes"
Our Adventure Begins! My husband and I have been married for 16 years. We have 2 beautiful children Samantha (15) and Dawson (12). After Dawson was born my husband got fixed and decided he was done e…
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Long Term Placement Turned into Forever Home
I was called about a 15 month old little girl. When I went to pick her up I was told that this placement could be long term. I think I knew from the minute I met her that I was going to love her fore…
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Choosing Foster Care Adoption Over International
We were already blessed with three healthy daughters, and were thinking about trying again to have a boy. Prior to being married, during engagement, we had agreed that we would adopt if we were unabl…
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Single Parent International Adoption Story
By the time I was fifteen, I knew i wanted to stay single, and that I wanted to adopt internationally by the time I was thirty five. When I was 29, I had had a stable, high paying job for two years, …
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Already My Child - Vietnam Adoption Story
Although I am not the parent of an adopted one, I am an adopted child here to share my story about the whole process.The value of stories is the key to knowing either your own past, or the past of ot…
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Have Faith and Wait for the Right Timing
After 4 years trying to conceive, 16 inseminations, and 3 IVF. We chose to adopt. The waiting time for adoption was only 9 months. It was a miracle, his name is "Daniel" meaning "God decided," best e…
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Special Needs Older Child from China Adoption
Why Adopt?Why China?Why Waiting Child Program?We had wanted to adopt since before we had any children. Back in Winnipeg, we were on an adoption list - but we got pregnant, so we got removed from the …
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Single Mom Adopts Two Children with RAD
On May 26, 2006, I watched an ABC 20/20 special about foster care adoption. I knew I was supposed to adopt in America and if I couldn’t adopt in my State I would find a way to adopt across Stat…
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Foster Care Adoption Leads to Forever Family
The 2 younger boys came to us in the summer of 2000 as a foster care placement. Three months later, the oldest came to our home. They were 8, 10, and 12 at the time. Our sons have severe behavioral i…
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China Adoption Story for Two Little Girls
Ever since I was a teenager, I'd heard about baby girls being abandoned in China. As a Chinese-American woman, I felt a connection to those babies. When I started getting involved in the environmenta…
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