by adoptforlife | Sep 4, 2018 | adoption match, birth fathers, birth mothers
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by adoptforlife | Aug 28, 2018 | adoption journey, birth mothers, open adoption
Dear Mardie, We have been speaking with a birth mother and have a great friendship building. We think it is a match! One concern is that we are fearful that she wants this level of friendship after the adoption. We chat on Facebook about three times per week. We...
by adoptforlife | Aug 21, 2018 | adoption networking
Geoff got a call from a friend at work one day. “I’m not sure anything will come of this, but I gave your number to a friend from work. She adopted a little girl a few years ago and the mother is pregnant again.” Speechless, Geoff jotted down a couple of notes and...
by adoptforlife | Aug 14, 2018 | adoption journey, adoption wait
Dear Mardie, I’m just going to be honest here, I don’t feel like this adoption will ever happen. It feels like too much work and we just feel lost, like we are not sure what to do first. Do other people feel like this? Or am I just a ‘Debbie Downer’? First...
by adoptforlife | Aug 7, 2018 | adoption networking
“How do we find a birth mother?” is one of the questions we hear the most from families when they are considering pursuing an independent adoption. That’s why we spent so much time on the Networking and Advertising lesson of Adoption For Life. We...
