https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzWd9_uqEBg
Lifetime adoptive parents Jonathan and Sarah share their joy of welcoming baby Lucie into their lives through the blessing of adoption! You'll witness Jonath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfqMiXjmJdM
In this heartwarming sequel to Lucie's adoption story, adoptive parents Jonathan and Sarah Jean provide an update on their baby girl Lucie. At six months old

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heather-featherston-20b3532a_just-the-beginning-lucies-adoption-story-activity-7079906389329903616-NebG
Beautiful Adoption Story of a family we were honored to work with recently. #adoption #work https://lnkd.in/gwBFC2Ss

https://adoption.com/im-an-adoptee-this-is-my-story
My Adoption. It wasn't two hours later, sitting around the dinner table, that the phone rang. It was the call that hopeful parents dream of. It's the call that makes your heart explode, the breath catch in your throat, and the tears well in your eyes. "Come pick up your baby girl tomorrow at 10 a.m.".

https://kindredand.co/telling-our-children-their-origin-stories-a-birth-mom-interviews-an-adoptee/
Tony is an adoptee, born in 1990, originally from New Jersey, and grew up mostly in Northern Indiana. He grew up in a family with three older siblings who were his parents' biological children, and he was the oldest of five adopted siblings. He was placed in a foster home a few days after his very traumatic birth, and officially adopted at age 2.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stories-for-adoptees_n_571a7ac1e4b0d4d3f7234ffd
For me, it is as normal as having a belly button; it has always just been there. 2. The Biggest Blessing of Them All. As an adopted child, I encourage other adoptees to remember what blessed lives we have. We weren't abandoned; we were chosen. We were given a chance.

https://www.yesandyes.org/2010/08/true-story-i-went-through-foster-care.html
When I left my parents at the age of ten, I first stayed for a summer with my half-sister, Shannon. (We share the same father.) However, the state arranged for me to be placed in my first foster home not too long after that, and so I was taken there by my social worker at the end of that summer. My foster mother, Laura, father, Jeff, and

https://www.bravelove.org/stories
We believe stories erase stigmas and can change the narrative of adoption from shame to hope. That's why we keep sharing them. We rounded up last year's top posts, stories, and videos. So if you're in the reading/watching mood, check these out.

https://adoptionchoiceinc.org/2014/06/13/tools-for-telling-your-child-about-their-adoption-story/
There are many titles for all kinds of adoption now. There are even international adoption titles that are country specific. Just tell the child's story in the book and then tell your child's story. If you like, glue a piece of paper to the end of the book and write your child's story on it and maybe glue a picture there, or create your

https://adoption.com/my-personal-adoption-experience-as-adoptee
This is my own story and feelings about being adopted. Kandice Confer March 11, 2020. My name is Kandice, and I'm a 29-year-old African American adoptee. I have an identical twin sister named Katrice, and we both were adopted at the age of 5 from a foster home. Life wasn't always easy for my twin and I growing up in a big adopted family.

https://www.familyminded.com/s/bells-family-tiktok-adoption-3db35fb22ea540d8
#onthisday #justthebells10 #throwback #bigfamily #familystorytime #familygoals #familyfun original sound - Just the Bells 10 The Importance of Teenage Adoption. The Bell family's story is unique on its own. But one thing that separates them from other similar families is that they've adopted older children and teenagers.

https://www.thelist.com/179311/the-untold-truth-of-tlcs-long-lost-family/
At the heart of TLC's Long Lost Family, the docuseries that reunites people with long-lost relatives (typically adoptees and their birth parents) are three words: "regret, loss, and redemption."As TLC proclaimed in its original announcement in 2016, the show "features the highly emotional and touching stories of people who have suffered a lifetime of separation and are yearning to be reunited

https://adoption.com/forums/thread/239630/just-the-beginning/
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https://adoptionswithlove.org/search-and-reunion/adopted-children-stories
The following letters are for adoptive parents, birth parents and even other adopted children that want to know more about what it's like to be part of an Adoptions With Love family and meet a birth parent for the first time. The Greatest Gift: A Life I Love Read the letter... Adoption was such a positive element. Read the letter

https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/talking-adoption-part-1-talking-0-5-year-olds/
Talking with Toddlers and Preschoolers about Adoption. Toddlers and preschoolers are curious and observant little beings. They notice differences, including skin color, and they are beginning to put the pieces of their world together. They have figured out that babies grow in mommy's tummy (or uterus). They need their parents to help them

https://www.hopefulbeginning.org/adoption-agency/placed-stories/
Danielle. My son's dad had passed away before I even knew that I was pregnant. And that was really hard on me. You can't raise a baby just on love, it's more than that. I wanted him to have the best life possible. What I Thought Vs. Reality. Prior to getting pregnant, I believed adoption had this negative connotation.

https://goodshepherdstl.org/adoption-story-brock-and-kate-and-their-story-of-open-adoption/
Since then, the grandma said she would have been so wrong going [with a closed adoption] because she absolutely loves getting the updates and she doesn't have to wonder what her grandson would have been like. Brock and Kate adopted their son with the help of Good Shepherd and have an open adoption.

https://lifelinechild.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/Rooted_Resource_How-to-tell-the-story-of-adoption.pdf
international adoption, from the very first day you can begin to help your child understand their story. You need to introduce the ideas of foster care, adoption and birth parents to them at a very early age. Your child may not understand the terms you are using, but if the story is presented in a

https://resilientstories.com/foster-care-story/
Written by Lily Mae. Foster care stories can be heartwarming, yet sometimes they are tales of resilience and survival.. My life's journey has been a series of tumultuous waves, starting from my birth and ultimately taking me back into the world of foster care as a teenager.Foster care, they say, is easier on the little ones, but as a teen, it was a different ball game altogether.

https://lifetimefoundation.org/birth-mother-stories/
Birth Mother Stories. Read birth mother stories about the choice of adoption. The Lifetime Adoption Foundation is a 501 (C)3 nonprofit organization which awards financial assistance and scholarships to women who have made an adoption plan. We feel blessed to be able to grant these women with educational scholarships in recognition of the choice

https://www.facebook.com/justthebells10/videos/our-sweet-family-of-10-our-adoption-story-very-thankful-for-our-journey/267825141842908/
2.1M views, 108K likes, 944 comments, 1.2K shares, Facebook Reels from Just the Bells 10 Our sweet Family of 10 & our Adoption Story. Very thankful for our journey!! | By Just the Bells 10

https://www.choiceadoptions.org/post/an-adoption-journey
Today, we're sharing Emily's adoption journey. I had the honor of interviewing Emily as she shared the perspective on adoption that we don't usually hear--what it's like to be a birth mother. Emily found out she was pregnant at age 18, and chose to make an adoption plan for her son with Choice Adoptions. Just three years later, Emily has built

https://www.albertwhitman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Just-Right-Family-Teachers-Guide.pdf
Just Right Family: An Adoption Story is her first hardcover book. Silvia likes to write about anything and everything that catches her imagination and thinks might catch those of young readers. She loves listening to audio books and is trained in bilingual narration. She also loves collecting quotes. Silvia still lives in Miami, and you can