Around our house, we watch of lot of movies on summer nights. We watch DVDs from Netflix and also use their “watch it now” feature.
Here’s a review of a movie  you may want to add …

Adoptive parents are a diverse crowd, and our children are just as diverse, so I don’t know that it’s completely fair to create a list of specific dos and don’ts and say “THIS is what love in adoption MUST look like.” But… but… some overall concepts are universally true. While we may not agree on every single detail, and I may not be right on every single point, I do believe that sharing my list – the things that God has placed on my heart – will help you think more about God’s Truth when it comes to your own call to adopt.

Our daughter found it much less stressful to watch an edited version of our China adoption trip video, set to music, which she soon named her “China baby movie.” This started our quest to find songs that fit an adoption themed video. I’ve compiled a list below – some I love, some not so much – that seem to be favorites among the adoptive parent community.

I remember the prayers I used to say, staring out the window at the heat waves rising from the pavement.  The summer dirt opened up, parched and begging for rain.  I peered down deep and …

It is odd to think about child care for your future child–most women may check out child care options when they are expecting, and if that is the case, they have an anticipated due date and an anticipated date when they will need to have their child enrolled child care. Exploring child care for an “unknown” child–before you have been matched with a potential placement, feels odd. But a little leg work early on can reduce stress later on.

It’s funny– for  all of the open adoption stories I’ve heard/read, for every 5 where the adoptive family is in touch and/or has a relationship with the birth mom, there’s usually only one of those …

My sister is adopted, have I mentioned that before?

She was adopted through a private adoption, arranged before her birth, by my dad and step mom. That was the summer of 1993. I wasn’t 18 yet.
I …

Back in 2008 when I wrote at A Child Chosen, I created a list that has since become one of my most popular posts.  The Best of the Best: Top 50 Adoption Blogs has continued …

Two Fridays ago, as I dropped off yet another immigration packet update at our agency, I stumbled into an adoption placement. The director of my agency and I shared smiles during the paperwork hand-off as a young couple became parents for the first time, just a few feet from me. During my brief, two-minute visit, I watched the faces of those standing in the room, so filled with joy and hope, absolutely awe-struck while gazing at this three-month-old infant.

The other day, I was writing a check. It happened to be a payment to the adoption agency, the last one I needed to send in regards to our son’s placement with us. Macey saw …