As a single mother of 3, I didn’t know what to do when I found out I was expecting again. My children are 15, 10, and 4, I know how hard raising a child alone is. I wanted my son to have a better life than I would be able to provide for him. I […]
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Staff at Act of Love had a fun summer afternoon visit from the adorable twins! It is always a welcome treat to have our Act of Love little ones and not so little ones come to visit and play. The staff enjoys seeing the happy little faces and visiting with our wonderful Act of Love
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Many birth parents see the paperwork that needs to be filled out for adoption and begin to feel very overwhelmed. In Utah, part of the paperwork is a packet called the non-identifying information. In other states, this same information may have a slightly different name. This packet is many pages long, and asks detailed questions
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Camille was in the hospital with her 2-day old baby girl when she called Act of Love Adoption Agency in Utah. It was a hard call to make, but Camille and her husband, Steven, knew it was the best decision for their baby. Camille had struggled in the past with drug use, and had been
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Tori and Wish came to visit CEO and Founder, Kathy Kunkel, to give her hugs and kisses. In the most heartfelt manner, Josh and Heather expressed to Kathy how much Act of Love means to their family and how grateful they are to Act of Love for touching so many lives and helping 1000’s of
We have learned so much from this experience. The Act of Love staff is amazing! We can’t say that enough. They helped us to put all of our ducks in a row for application approval and navigate the process of showing our profile. The two beautiful caseworkers who accompanied us on our trip of a
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From the moment we reached out to Act of Love in May of 2012, we could feel their warmth and genuine concern for us. We began in their Outreach Program. Our profile was shown almost immediately, once we were approved (in the Outreach Program.) It was a new experience for us and was an emotional
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The adoption process can be a difficult journey for both birth mothers and adoptive families. When we found out our chances of having a child were very low, we immediately knew we wanted to adopt. It was critical to find an Adoption Agency that had an experienced team that was dependable, empathetic and without judgment.
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At the time we officially began our adoption journey, we had been married for 15 years. We had talked a lot about adoption over a huge span of time, and knew this would be the way we would have a family. During the first few months of 2011, we both lost our last living grandparents
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“By 20 weeks, we started doing conference calls and Skype calls every month or so, sometimes every two weeks. I had exactly half of my pregnancy to get to know John and Shauna, and to get an understanding of the adoption process. Every time I talked to John and Shauna, I became more comfortable with
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