Dear AOL Friends & Family, Act of Love is partnering with the SLC Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) to help provide women in our community an alternative to abortion. Last year, Act of Love was able to offer services to 11 women from the PRC. Six of those women chose to place their baby for adoption. […]
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For over twenty years, Act of Love Adoptions has been well-known for its personal one-on-one care it provides for its clients considering adoption. Act of Love helps birth parents who are seeking an adoptive family to find and a select a family that is able to help provide housing, food, medical care, transportation, counseling and
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Once you have chosen adoption, one of the next steps you will take is to make a number of decisions with regards to the day of your delivery. This decision comprises some of the final choices you need to make, after you have selected the prospective parents of the baby and made plans to move
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I experienced one of the most beautiful moments with my boys last night. We were saying our nighttime prayers, and my youngest, Matthias, said something that was so pure and precious. Praying to Heavenly Father, he said, “We thank thee that Mommy has super powers.” I really wanted to cry, but I refrained. My heart
One thing that worries many women who are considering adoption is whether or not they’ll have time to change their minds about adoption. In short, yes, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to change your mind. In fact, you aren’t legally allowed to make the final decision until after the baby has been born. Most states
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Please share with friends in honor of all birthparents. “Ok I’m not trying to be rude to anyone or am I wanting to put my situation on blast, but in the last week or 2 I’ve been contacted by not just one person, but a few people, asking me to let them adopt my child.
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I was talking to a friend the other day about my son, Matthew, whom I placed for adoption. (I was feeling a little sad.) I got the normal questions: Do you talk to the parents? Do you get pictures? Do you have any contact? Do you ever get to see him or talk to him?
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In light of what I have seen in the media recently, I want to revisit my personal hopes for adoption. My purpose is to shed light on how wonderful adoption is and hopefully to get others to have a positive feeling about it. Adoption is not usually the first choice parents make when they learn
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We recently experienced a series of heavy rainfalls that resulted in devastating floods, particularly in areas around the Red River. Heavy rains ensued, flash flood warnings were issued, and the news was flooded with cautions and warnings against driving in puddles of water or flooded streets. Neighborhoods and numerous apartment complexes, including mine, were put
I am going to borrow a story I once heard, which has had an impact on how I choose to adjust my attitude. A set of twin boys grew up in the same home. Their father was verbally abusive to them and their mother, drank alcohol every night, and smoked cigarettes regularly. He never held
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