When I chose my adoption professional, I was honestly seeking transparency in a relationship. I wanted to work with an organization and an agent who wouldn’t keep things from me, or make me feel like they were trying to protect me by keeping the reality of the process from me. I also wanted to make sure that my wishes for my son and the process were respected.

I know that it can be a shock to find out that you are pregnant when it’s unplanned. I went through that. I was floored when I found out that my birth control hadn’t worked and I was going to give birth to a baby. It took time to accept and process that I had a life growing inside of me.

Dearest Younger, Lonely, Lindsay Arielle,
Do not give up or lose hope while you are going through the process of adoption. There are so many things I wish you knew while you are going through this.

Sign this petition to withdraw proposed rules that would drastically impact hopeful parents’ ability to adopt internationally.

The Government of Liberia has authorized two U.S. agencies to provide adoption services in Liberia.

On September 16, Ghana signed the Hague Adoption Convention. The Convention will go into effect for Ghana on January 1, 2017.

The Peruvian government has announced a suspension of all adoptions pending an internal review of adoption procedures.

The Department of State issued a statement discouraging U.S. families from beginning the international adoption process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Let’s start talking about where we come from and all the people who actually comprise a family through the one tie that binds us: love

Utilizing this tool throughout the process I went through as a mother and as a birthmother has enabled me to process emotions that I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to process. My journal is a safe place for me, and it was especially crucial that I had a safe place when I felt like I was going through the adoption all by myself.