Adopted Love Celebrated All Month Long
While Valentine’s day is typically celebrated only on the 14th of February, here at Heart of Adoptions, we like to treat the whole month as a celebration of love. We celebrate romantic love, familial love, and even puppy love. And of course, we celebrate the love that adoption brings into our lives. The love that …
Employers Who Support Newborn Adoption, Florida
Over the past 20 years, it’s been amazing to see how businesses, large and small, have grown their employee benefits and added tremendous value to the lives of their “work family.” From extended parental leave to unlimited PTO, from ping-pong tables in the breakroom to subsidized wellness programs – the workplace today is not the …
Open Adoption in Florida – Why It’s Important and How to Make It Work
For many years, most adoptions in Florida were closed adoptions. However, things have changed quite a bit in the last 20 years. Now, open adoption is more prevalent and is considered to be the healthiest of all post-adoption relationships. When women facing an unplanned pregnancy in Florida come to us, they often worry that placing …
Tips on Developing Patience
Patience. A trait we all wish we had an abundance of yet struggle to maintain daily. Well, maybe not everyone, but I know that most of you can agree with me. Patience is difficult on a typical day, between work, traffic, kids, stress – it all builds up so quickly. Now, on top of all …
Sometimes…
Sometimes you have a case that for whatever reason you will never forget. Sometimes it is because the adoptive family was so amazing in the way they loved the birth mother. Sometimes it is because of the choices a birth mother makes or things she does to ensure the best possible outcome and placement for …
Day in the Life of an Adoption Caseworker
Many days I am left juggling my various responsibilities, wife, mother, adoption social worker, etc. I wear so many more hats on a daily basis, but I wear these three nonstop and I wear them proudly. Even though these three responsibilities take up all of my time, they are my favorite three hats to wear …
Giving Thanks
This time of year is meant for reflecting on all that we have and giving thanks for those around us that make life that much better. Parents tend to give thanks to their children but do they thank the birth parents that brought that child into the world? Here is a wonderful article for your …
National Adoption Month Celebration Ideas
November is a really important month around Heart of adoptions, Inc. You may or may not be aware that November is National Adoption Month. We spend time in October preparing for this with things like attending meetings at the local foster care agencies and/or court houses, but also with getting gifts ready to send to …
Adopting as a Single Women
Jennifer S. Jones wrote an amazing article for Adoption.com on the process of adopting. There are trials and tribulations that you must overcome, but there is nothing in the world as special as meeting your child for the first time. She was the voice of reason for her friend who wanted to adopt but did …
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Little Lucas is ready to go home!! Congratulations to our newest family #builtbylove , we are so excited for you! Please keep his birth mama in your thoughts and help us wish this new family well ❤️#adoptionislove #lovemakesafamily
We did a different kind of adoption in Tampa! This mama has been taking care of her 2 kittens behind our office for about a week and today all 3 of them went to their forever home! We are so happy they will get the care that they need and be able to stay together ❤️ A huge thank you to the St. Francis Rescue who did what they had to to make this happen. We appreciate you! #adoptionislove