So much of the conversation around adoption focuses on getting to placement. There is the pregnancy, making the decision, choosing an adoptive family, preparing for the hospital, signing paperwork, and eventually finalization. Those moments are impo...

There are parts of life after adoption placement that other people can see. They can see you going back to work, spending time with family, laughing, raising children, celebrating milestones, and continuing to build a life. Then there are the quiet ...

One of the hardest things to explain about adoption is that two things that seem like opposites can be true at the same time. You can love your child deeply and still choose adoption. Those two things do not cancel each other out. There is sometimes...

Open Adoption Isn’t a Formula — It’s a Relationship When I was considering adoption for my child, there was one thing I knew very early: I did not want a closed adoption. I grew up in a closed adoption myself. I knew what it was like to have questio...

What happens when everything you’ve been preparing for suddenly stops? For nine months, so much of pregnancy is focused on what comes next. You hear about feeding schedules, diaper changes, safe sleep, bonding, and all the everyday things involved i...