Next week, the month of May comes to a rapid start and, with it, the advent of summer. However, before pining a tidy bow on the month of May, I want to remind you that May is National Foster Care Month. As adoption professionals, we tip our hat to Florida’s foster parents, who day-in and […]

It’s coming. We all feel it. Once the year changes, you feel like you have a world of time, and then before you know it, it’s April 17th, Tax Day. One important thing to remember this ominous weekend is to apply for your adoption tax credit if you finalized your adoption in 2017. Created 20 […]

In college, I volunteered with a group that held kid’s clubs in the inner city. We focused on one neighborhood in Clearwater. We would go into the neighborhood, pick up the kids, (with the permission of their parents) and walk them across the street to a field to play games, sing songs, and such. The […]

As Spring Break is peaking around the corner I started to think about what my plans would be. Typically- I work. Although my son and I are super close, he is still a teenager and the last thing he wants to do is hang out with his mom for a week. It just isn’t the […]

Completing the homestudy paperwork can be a terrifying adventure – the list of tasks seems to go on forever and the questions are probing and can trigger hard memories. Nothing, however seems to strike more fear into prospective adoptive parents’ hearts than the home visit. Visions of stern, white-gloved matrons digging through closets and checking […]

This past Saturday was the New Beginnings Tampa Bay Fertility Conference. It was a lovely morning at the Hilton in Tampa. The sessions covered a span of topics from Fertility 101, Genetics, Third Party Reproduction, Adoption, and even Fertility Yoga. In between sessions, attendees could get to know the speakers and vendors at the tables […]

Saturday the 17th was our annual Adoptive Family Picnic for Tampa. We all gathered at Ballast Point Park. We were nestled in the perfect spot, between the playground, the Gazebo and the bay. It was an wonderful location with the nice breeze and a view of the horse farm just across the street. Once we […]