Category: Birth Family
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No Plan B
“I saw it again this week – an announcement and gender revel on Facebook for a beautiful couple who has waited so long for a biological baby. They just adopted recently. And the comments that flooded their post were filled with sentiments along the same lines of “I just knew you’d get pregnant as soon…
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Playing on the Same Team
Guest Blogger: Abigail HoganAdoptive Mom, Wife, Partner on the Battlefield You never know what someone’s story looks like, or the chapter they are in. At around 4:35 pm on November 7th, the contractions started getting stronger. A nurse came in, examined Mama W, and said “Baby is coming!” Four pushes and fifteen minutes later, K…
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Love that is Fought For
I pretty much cried my way through the first nine months of my second daughter’s life. I’m just going to jump right in and admit that. I’ve been sitting on her story for almost two years now – longing to tell it, but not knowing how to do it justice; not sure how to invite…
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Wreckage and Wonder
Guest Blogger: Torie DimartileBeautiful Woman | Transracial Adoptee | Writer | Public Speaker “To love someone is to listen to their story.” I crawl under my bed and pull out a photo album. The cover reminds me of Monet’s flowers, coral and lavender brushstrokes, pristine enough for wallpaper in a dining room. The binding is…
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OUR STORY | Why We Want(ed) to Adopt
Telling an expectant mama the story of why couples long to adopt is one of my favorite parts of creating a custom profile. It’s rich and beautiful and so, so different every time. I really believe there is something invaluable in encouraging hopeful parents to remember why they’re here and allowing expectant mamas to see…
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When God Speaks
WHEN GOD SPEAKS by Angela Dekkers When God calls you to sometime, do you obey Him or do you question? Do you listen to Him or do you ignore? Seems like an easy answer, right? But can I admit something to you? I am guilty of latter. When God called my husband [Jim] and I…
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Chosen and Loved
“You are chosen, holy, and dearly loved.” Colossians 3:12 I shared much of this on our Instagram [@forthischild.books] earlier this morning, but here’s a tidbit to catch everyone up. My three year old and I cuddled on the couch a couple weeks ago, working together to make a “song book” for her Kindermusik class that…
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He is Hers, and He is Mine
by Judy Hoppe Every love story is beautiful, but ours will always be one of my favorite. When I was a little girl, I would lock the bathroom door and climb up the rungs of the bathroom drawers. There on the cool bathroom counter, I would perch myself, cross legged, and stare at my reflection…
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Thank you, Dr. King
Nothing about this day, in memory of a man who led marches + a movement half a century ago, is lost on me. Nothing about my reality, that is only able to exist standing on the shoulders of his legacy, is forgotten. Nothing about the war on inequality we continue to fight leaves me anything…