There are some facts about adoption that, really, you cannot dispute unless you are just trying to purposely to stay ignorant regarding the facts of infant adoption in this country. Adoption is, in its perfect form, suppose to be about finding homes for children that need them, not about finding children...

Media Attention of Haiti Adoption Sheds Light on Raw Adoption Truths It seemed like the minute I heard about the earthquake in Haiti, the story was linked to adoption. My poor husband, such a news junkie, started clicking away from the channels when an adoption related story came on. I had to tell him...

Adoption Search Facebook Style! I watched a miracle happen on Facebook.  Just now. It was amazing. A friend of mine, who is an adoptee, put together a Facebook group asking for help finding her birth family. Yesterday. By now there are 259 members of the group. All from different parts of the adoption...

Why this Birthmother will NOT be Celebrating This November When you are painfully aware of the coming of November, the dreading commences upon the first days of school.  The air begins to stir and the word adoption gets tossed about in the media with an increasing popularity.  The feelers go out by...

Ever wonder about those Dear Birthmother letters you see all over the internet? Ever wonder what they might be like if complete honesty was present? I did. So I present Forrest and Kelly, a hopeful adoptive couple, with a few issues… Dear Birthmother, Our names are Kelly and Forrest Green.  First...

I can retell this story as if it was a movie I have seen or a book that I have read. I can withdraw from almost all the feelings and simply recount the facts. I still fear to feel them as no matter how long has passed, no matter how much sometimes it might feel like another life, another story, that...

How are perspective adoption parents supposed to know how ethical an adoption agency really is? An Inside Look from a Birthmother’s Perspective. Adoption is particularly hard because it is never something we really learn about before we find it in our lives. I know I never dreamed that one day...

According to Lifetime Adoption, birth-mothers want these five things when they look into adoption: 1. A connection with the adoptive family. 2. The opportunity to receive updates about their child. 3. Caring, confidential adoption services with support available 24 hours a day. 4. The chance to meet...

People say the Dernest Things….. about Birthmothers The other day we were having lunch with a client in the local fancy French place near our office. There was three of us from my office; one of the owners of my company, Carol who is in sales, myself newly appointed “Director of Social Media”...

There was a time in my life that I thought adoption was a very good thing. As a child, I took my truth about adoption from made for TV movies, after school specials and young adult novels, where it was novel to think about “those people” and imagine what it might be like to have such mystery...