I want to thank a special birthmother and father for giving me the most wonderful gift I could ever have been given. You see, I was an only child until the age of five. Everybody I knew that was my age or around my age had at least one sibling. But, not me. It was […]
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Act of Love Adoptions is assisting birthmom, W, with selecting adoptive parents for her twins that are due the beginning of January 2015, in Utah. W is making an adoption plan for her twin boy and girl that will have African American, Caucasian and Native American Heritage. Birthmom is looking for an open adoption with
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Many birthparents struggle with how to tell their older children that they are placing the child they are pregnant with, for adoption. It is very difficult for a mother and father, who have made the adoption decision, to explain their choice to the children they are raising. As we all know, most children are very
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Sometimes keeping a balance in life is extremely difficult. The same goes for open adoption. When birthparents and adoptive parents have a pretty open adoption, everyone involved wants what is best for the child. While open adoption is a very healthy option, allowing the child to know about his/her heritage and have contact with the
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Almost all states in the country have some form of Baby Safe Haven Law. For bewildered parents who may make drastic decisions, the law provides an alternative that can protect their privacy and spare them from criminal prosecution, no questions asked. A parent who may feel she had no way out and no choice about
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When birthmothers who have placed a baby for adoption talk about their experience, there are many feelings, thoughts and emotions they have in common. These are things that they learned about themselves through the process of being pregnant, delivering their baby and placing their child for adoption. One common thought is that they will never
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Upon the one year birthday of his baby girl, a birthfather called A Act of Love Adoption Agency and told them that he and the birthmother had split up and were no longer together. Both birthparents were actively involved the year before in choosing adoption, selecting the adoptive couple and in deciding on the post-adoption
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Recently, we’ve been hearing a lot of stories about random acts of kindness. One in particular just happened to one of our birthparents. She was outside getting the garbage ready to go out, when a neighbor whom she’s exchanged “hello’s and a wave” with periodically, approached her and asked her about the taxi cabs he’d
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The state of Colorado recently put into place two new adoption laws; one of which took effect of July 1, 2014. Because of this, an adult adoptee that has been searching for his birth mother for 26 years, finally received the information he had been seeking. Colorado Senate Bill 14-051 gives adult adoptees access to
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Growing up in Ireland, a young girl knew she was adopted. She said it always made her feel special. As she entered her teenage years, she became curious, wondering the reasons behind her placement, wondering what her birthmother was like and mostly just yearning to have some questions answered. On her 13th birthday, her parents
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