All families are unique, but blended transracial families become a more interesting example of how love and commitment can bind even the most different of people. Families who adopted from a different race and culture (often referred to as blended families) include not just people of different personalities but people who have different skin and […]
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Such a happy visit at Act of Love! It was hard to tell who had more of a sparkle in their eye, the beautiful fourteen-year-old girl or her father that recently visited Act of Love Adoptions. The impromptu visit from this amazing adoptive family was such a happy time. The incredible smile and happiness from
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Adoption is most definitely not an alternative, albeit inferior way, to build a family, something you turn to when natural birth is not possible. Act of Love Adoptions believes that adoption has its own brand of magic and wonder. No matter how a family is built – by birth, by adoption or a combination of
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Act of Love has been contacted to help find a family for an African American baby girl that is due around the middle of June. Baby will be born in Utah. Birthmom, M, would like a Christian adoptive family that is willing to continue communication with her through email twice yearly until the child reaches
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As they say, “Life begins at 40”. But can parenting begin at 40? Absolutely! Just ask the parents who embarked on the adventure called parenting and who bucked the notion of being “too old to be parents”. Some of these are first-time parents while others have grown children. Some have chosen to put off parenting
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More and more, birthparents and would-be parents are choosing open adoption as part of their birth or adoption plans. However, there are still lingering fears and concerns about open adoption so that some birthparents or would-be parents are reluctant to go that route, especially for domestic infant adoptions. According to a 2008 study by the
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I am so lucky to have had the honor to help introduce a beautiful birth mom, Lily, to the adoptive family she had chosen for her baby. The experience was so beautiful and very touching – beyond being able to express in words. At first, I think we were both a little nervous! When I
Please help The Adoption Tax Credit Working Group’s Executive Committee spread the message below to help protect the adoption tax credit. The adoption tax credit assists many children to find permanent, loving homes. Please help these children and families by contacting your Members of Congress. The Adoption Tax Credit Working Group’s Executive Committee: American Academy
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The process of adopting has many elements involved. The adoption process can seem like you are traversing a maze with many questions running in your mind once you start considering adopting a child. Here is a list of frequently-asked questions for A Act of Love Adoptions to guide you: What is adoption? Adoption is a
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Some people just come into our lives and have a profound effect on us. Then they quietly move on without realizing that they have changed us for the better. So many birth parents are this way. They are the angels that quietly surround us and make us better people. Jane and Shawn are some of
