As I walked my dog around the park the other day, I met a woman doing the same thing. We began talking and she asked me what I did for work. I told her I worked in adoption. Like so many others, she was very interested to know more and expressed her appreciation for those […]
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Sometimes just having someone to talk to that knows exactly how you are feeling, is just what you need. One of Act of Love’s sweet birthmothers found two other birthmothers who had placed through our agency, on Facebook, and she contacted them privately. The birthmothers who had placed children for adoption in the past welcomed
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It was 47 years ago. I was five years old and it was the best day of my life. My memory recalls only glimpses of moments in that day. My Mother, Father and I waited patiently in a room with a big table waiting for my baby brother. I remember having the outfit which my
Moving on after an unplanned pregnancy takes a lot of effort and courage. So does choosing adoption for your child. Ultimately, it is an act of love on the mother’s part since she will have to experience a deep loss and relinquish her parental rights to the child. Nevertheless, she is deciding for the ultimate
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A married couple that had decided placing their baby for adoption was the best option for them talked in our adoption agency this week and talked about their families. The husband talked of his 11 year old sister that was in the foster care system and had been for the past three years. The wife
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Begin by Researching Adoption Agencies or Professionals You can select an adoption agency in your area or across the United States to search for your baby. Many adoptive couples choose to search for their baby by working with other adoption agencies in the country, because they have received a referral from a friend, co-worker or
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Birthmothers often wonder, how and when do I tell a new boyfriend that I placed a baby for adoption? There is really no right or wrong answer to this question because, as we all know, we are so different that what is right in one situation could be wrong in another. But, what most birthparents
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This great group of women are the best of the best! Their job at Act of Love Adoptions is Birthparent Coordinator, but they become much more to the birthparents that they work with. Not only do they love and help each other, but they do the same for their clients. Act of Love has so
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As the late author Steven Covey puts it, one of the seven secrets of highly successful people is to “think win-win”. In a given situation, you can creatively collaborate with each stakeholder so that mutual goals are achieved. The same goes for an open relationship, where the stakeholders are the birthparents, the parents who adopted
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Recently, a young fifteen year old mother called Act of Love. She also sent a text of her beautiful 3 1/2 month old baby girl. As we talked, she recalled her excitement over becoming pregnant, despite the rumors and gossip she encountered at school. As the pregnancy progressed, the father of the baby became less
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