It is during the hardest of times that you discover your truest of friends. And this couldn’t be more true for Sara, a mother of four. She is sadly losing her battle with ALS. While coming to terms with this, she simply couldn’t handle the idea of her kids being split up. So, Sara’s best friend Melissa Armstrong stepped up […]
Woman Who’s Adopted 35 Kids (And Counting) is The Literal Definition of “Super Mom”
A Thank You to My Tribe, From a Single Mom Who Couldn’t Have Done it Without You
U.K. Foster Couple is Trying to Block Gay Couple From Adopting Their Foster Kids
A U.K. foster couple is trying to block a gay couple from adopting the children they’ve been fostering since earlier this year. The heterosexual foster couple were denied the ability to adopt the foster children. Some report that it was originally because they were told their home was too small and other outlets report that […]
International Adoption Might Become More Expensive, Longer, & More Difficult for U.S. Citizens
The Department of State (DOS), the central authority over international adoptions, released a proposal of new rules about international adoption last month and it’s a little disturbing. If these new rules go into affect, they could essentially make it more difficult for U.S. couples and singles to adopt overseas, or worst, erase the option entirely. […]
Adoptive Families Study Finds No Difference With Same-Sex Parents Raising Kids
How many studies does it take for people to realize — there’s no difference between same-sex parents raising children and any other type of family home. Well, here’s another one for the skeptics. A new study from the University of Kentucky led by assistant professor Rachel F. Farr took 100 families — all with adopted […]
Meet Our Son
By Jillian Lauren Yesterday, the four of us drove out to Lancaster and stood holding hands under the fluorescent lights of the juvenile court. The kindly Santa Claus of a judge spoke a few magic words and in an instant the world got brighter, our breathing easier, the burden on our shoulders lighter… Dearest friends, […]
Spotlight Interview: Two Dads, Jeremy and Matt
How to Celebrate Your New Adoption
Parents who choose to create their family through private or foster adoption obviously go through a different process than those who have children naturally. There isn’t nine months of waiting – sometimes it’s two years or one year or six months. Your family and friends and even yourself can only prepare so much for the […]
The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island: A Book About Loving Beyond Stereotypes
By: Amber Leventry Dana Alison Levy’s second young adult novel and follow-up to The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher did not disappoint. The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island is what Levy calls a “love letter to summer, a book about brothers and ice cream trucks and growing up and seals and family”. It is certainly […]
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