Aug 23, 2018

Love Was The Common Thread

When you are offered an opportunity to travel half-way around the world, expenses paid, to get to meet families that you had a hand in helping to build as well as to meet families waiting to grow through adopting what do you do?? Oh- and where Dutch is the official language, but you only speak […]
A Day To Celebrate No Matter What
Aug 08, 2018

A Day To Celebrate No Matter What

The birthday of your child, how do you celebrate such a special day? The day your child was born? The day you probably got to hold him for the first time? And for a birth mom, it’s the day that you knew your child would not be going home with you. A birth mom may […]
Jul 31, 2018

A Mile In Their Shoes

My experience as an adoptive mother comes in to play a lot when dealing with our clients. I got into this whole field as a way of giving back or saying “thank you.” There are no words to express our gratitude to our daughters’ birth moms for the amazing gifts they gave us in allowing […]
Jul 19, 2018

The Birthparents Bill Of Rights

We have the right to dignity and respect. We have the right to know if our surrendered child is alive and well. We have the right to possess, surrender, relinquishment, consent to adopt, termination of parental rights and hospital records pertaining to ourselves and our child.
Jul 16, 2018

Help Us Bless Our Brave Birth Moms

A family in Utah, whose heart was touched by adoption, decided to make something special to say “Thank You” to birth moms everywhere. They created the Brave Box. These beautiful wooden boxes are inscribed with the word “brave.” This is how they explain their decision:
Jul 06, 2018

Twenty-Five Years Of Changing Lives

Last week, we all gathered in the conference room with whispered excitement. Sue’s husband and grandchildren were on the far side of the room. There was a hurried announcement of,” She’s coming!” And when the door swung open we all shouted, “Surprise!” Sue laughed, sighed, and put her notary stamp away. We had gotten her […]
Jul 02, 2018

Sweet Haven

A few weeks ago, Heart of Adoptions was able to place a Safe Haven baby for adoption. The laws of Safe Haven are in place to provide new parents who cannot care for their child a safe way for them to surrender her newborn. Safe Haven is just that, a safe place, literally, figuratively, and […]
Jun 18, 2018

The Wisdom Of Pandas

To beat the heat several of the theaters offer free summer kids movies. They are usually a few years old. But they provide a huge screen experience and all the air-conditioned fun you can handle for 2 ½ hours. Last week my kiddo and I went to one of our favorite movie, Kung Fu Panda […]
Jun 08, 2018

A Piece Of Perfection

Children drop into your life. Not on top but in. There was a game I used to play as a kid. It was called Perfection. There were pieces in different shapes and a board with the corresponding shapes. You would push the board down, then you had to get all the pieces in before time […]