“‘Am I really cut out for this? What if I’m horrible at being a parent? Is it ok that I’m a single mom?’ I remember the excitement I felt, only to be followed by fear, self-doubt, and a lot of internal dialogue.”
‘We have a teen girl, 13, who recently transitioned into foster care. We think you’d be an excellent match.’: Single woman becomes foster mom, then adoptive mom within a year
Adoptee Receives Surprise Birthday Message From Birth Mother He’s Spent Years Desperately Searching For
“I broke down. It was a moment of immense happiness I had been waiting for for so many years, and it came at me when I was least expecting it.”
‘Is my mom ok? Will I ever get to live with her again?’: Woman shares mother’s alcohol addiction, experience in foster care
“Confused and worried, I didn’t understand why she couldn’t just stop drinking. In fact, I posed that question to her. She said, ‘It doesn’t work like that,’ and took another sip.”
‘I got a text, ‘Can’t wait to spend more time with you.’ I never thought someone would be interested in taking on my baggage.’: Stepdad adopts wife’s 3 kids after her abusive relationship
“I was so nervous I could have puked. This could make or break us. ‘Tiffany, this doesn’t change anything. I know what I was getting myself into.’ I knew I was looking at my future husband.”
‘I found a little girl I just love and I think she needs to be in our family.’: Mom details unique adoption journeys of her 3 children
“With 6 failed adoptions in 8 years, we were uncertain we’d have any more children.”
‘There are children who need a safe place, how can I ignore that?’ We couldn’t hold our hearts back.’: Mom diagnosed with mast cell disease grows family through foster care, adoption
“Foster care is a lot like a rose garden. These children are worth the wait and effort. They are worth the pin-pricks from the thorns.”
‘Placement needed after all, kids are on the way. We’ll be there in 20 minutes.’: Couple shares foster care journey with sibling sets, teens, reunifications
“When I think of our foster care journey everything is truly dialectic. It is love and it is frustration, it is depleting and it is rewarding, it is heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once.”
I Adopted A Newborn Orphan At 22 Years Old, And It’s The Best Decision I’ve Ever Made
“A 5-day old baby was placed into my arms. I was only 22 years old but, at that moment, my life as I knew it changed. I fell in love.”
‘The whole exchange took 2 minutes, but my life would be marked by this moment forever.’: Single mom shares unexpected foster care adoption of baby girl
“She was in a little yellow nightgown onesie and it was way too big for her. I signed some paperwork, got her out of the car, and the case worker handed me a diaper bag packed by a local church. That was it.”
‘In a year and a half, our family of 2 grew to 6.’: Couple share foster care adoption story, premature triplet birth after infertility
“Brycen didn’t know about us until two days before our first visit, to protect him from having high hopes ripped away again. He’d experienced many adults not keeping promises, so he kept questioning if we were really going to adopt him.”