Adoptive Families Blog
How to Make Your Marriage a Priority During the Adoption Process
The domestic adoption process can be an exciting, nerve-wracking, and overwhelming time. Between preparing for a new child to join your family, setting up your home study, and the wait, it is easy to forget to take the time to focus on each other. Most couples...
Adoption Travel Update
As many states are starting to re-open, travel remains a bit of a question for all of us. In regards to adoption, we’re hearing questions like: Will we be able to travel to a different state when the birth mother goes into labor? Can we fly? Or do we have to drive?...
What’s Cooking in Your Kitchen? Adoptive Families Share
Many Americans have been trying new things to keep active while they’re stuck at home during the pandemic. And for some people, that includes spending more time in the kitchen and testing out new recipes. We’ve all been spending more time at home lately. Now,...
What Adoptive Families Should Remember on Birth Mother’s Day
For many people, Mother's Day evokes tender images: flower bouquets, breakfast in bed, and handmade crafts and cards. Mother's Day is a big deal, as it should be! Every mom deserves a day to be acknowledged and celebrated for her endless hours of love, sacrifice, and...
Adoption Considerations and Travel in Dallas, Texas During COVID-19
It’s fortunate that despite the many uncertainties surrounding adoption and COVID-19, Texans considering adoption in Dallas, Plano, Garland, Richardson, Carrollton, and other areas of the Dallas metroplex can still fulfill this important calling. If you’re wondering...
Adoption Stories Then and Now – Aaron and Ana
We love this adoption update from California adoptive couple, Aaron and Ana, who adopted their son through Lifetime earlier this year: "We are over the moon excited to have Josiah and words cannot express how grateful we are you connected us to his birth mom. Thank...
How Adoption Has Changed Our Lives
Today's blog post comes to us from Tami Majtan, a three-time adoptive mom who has created a YouTube channel all about adoption, race, and family. She also facilitates discussions worldwide about adoption, race, and family in her Facebook group and on Instagram. Tami...
Does COVID-19 Transmit From Birth Mother To Child?
There’s some hopeful news regarding the question of whether COVID-19 transmits from mother to child in utero or during birth. Current medical and scientific consensus, summed up by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), indicates that “mother-to-child...
5 Creative Things Adoptive Families Are Doing During Pandemic
No matter where you live, what we're all experiencing right now with the Coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented in our lifetime. We've all found ourselves suddenly confined in our homes with no clear end in sight, and it can take a toll. Social distancing can leave you...
5 Questions All Adoptees Need Answered
Whether you are considering adoption or you have already adopted a newborn and are looking toward the future, you might worry about the questions your child will ask as he or she grows older. Today, the nature of adoption has changed, and so have the types of...
