Is Adoption Too Complicated?

Many times I hear prospective adoptive parents discussing how complicated the adoption process is. Yes, it takes time and focus to get through the home study paperwork and do the profile and manage your networking efforts. But I like to think of it as a time of...

The Best Adoption Advice I Ever Gave

When I was adopting, I was doing it all on my own, figuring things out as I went along. Open adoption was new and independent adoption was almost unheard of. All I knew was that I was ready to be a mom and do everything I could to make that happen.   So I...

Am I Being Judged?

Dear Mardie,   I don’t think our home study writer understands how stressful this whole process is for us.  We feel like we have to prove ourselves over and over again, and now we have to get letters of recommendation from friends and family members.  ...

Working Your Plan

Dear Mardie,  I am ready to start doing networking, but I’m not sure which method I should use.  Where would you recommend starting?    Great question, and I hope you’ve been listening to the monthly webinars, as that has been a popular topic recently!   If...

“After We Adopt…”

Have you ever said (or thought!) the words “after we adopt” when someone asks you when you plan on doing something?   Are you going to join the gym? The adoption is really taking my focus now. I’ll get in shape after we adopt.   Should we look at life...