We do not know the circumstances that led to a precious 4 year old girl being found wandering down a road near a medical clinic in Shashemene. Did her parents die? Was she willingly abandoned for some reason we can’t fathom? She wasn’t able to tell the authorities...
by Joy Casey Sweeping generalizations are problematic.  In my experience, there usually is not just one right way to do anything. Therefore, when I heard about the world’s largest adoption agency making broad declarations of the best way to tackle our world’s orphan...
Today I get to share a post written by one of our adoptive moms back in 2013, over two years after she and her husband brought home their son from Ethiopia. Haley Ballast has a gift of crafting words to beautifully express what’s in her heart. In this post, she...
by Kayla North I don’t consider myself a lazy person. I am up early, I rarely sit down, and I always have a to-do list a mile long. I mean who has time to be lazy when you are a parent? Yet I find myself parenting lazy. I find myself saying ‘no’ to my kids out of...
Encouragement. Â Practical advice. Â Reminders of what you already know. We hope these adoption links provide you with all of those things! Dear Parent With A Second Bed in Your Room: You’re Doing the Right Thing @Confessions of an Adoptive Parent “When we...
Many behaviors that adopted children exhibit aren’t recognized for what they are – a result of trauma. After you’re home with your child, it’s easy to forget their past. Stop to ask yourself: Does my child have trauma in his or her history?...
