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Help Us Bless Our Brave Birth Moms
A family in Utah, whose heart was touched by adoption, decided to make something special to say “Thank You” to birth moms everywhere. They created the Brave Box. These beautiful wooden boxes are...
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The Birthparents Bill of Rights
We have the right to dignity and respect. We have the right to know if our surrendered child is alive and well. We have the right to possess, surrender, relinquishment, consent to adopt, termination of...
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A Mile in Their Shoes
My experience as an adoptive mother comes in to play a lot when dealing with our clients. I got into this whole field as a way of giving back or saying “thank you.” There are no words to express our...
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A Day to Celebrate No Matter What
The birthday of your child, how do you celebrate such a special day? The day your child was born? The day you probably got to hold him for the first time? And for a birth mom, it’s the day that you...
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Love Was The Common Thread
When you are offered an opportunity to travel half-way around the world, expenses paid, to get to meet families that you had a hand in helping to build as well as to meet families waiting to grow...
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Ik Spekt Engels
The first few days in the Netherlands were amazing, but there was much more to see and do. Monday came and another train ride- to Rotterdam as we had a bit of a change in plans- that may have brought...
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Jeanne Tate: Lightning Community Hero
The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Jeanne Tate as the first Lightning Community Hero this season during the first period of tonight's game versus the Florida Panthers. Jeanne, who received a $50,000...
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The Adoption Triad From All Sides
It’s blog time again. (I just can’t resist that word, blog.) To connect the dots, I’m the staff birth mom and I’m still fairly new to the job. For a bit of background, I’m a part of the adoption...
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Searching for Her Daughter in Modern Ways
As a birth mother, I have been involved in searching for my child. I don’t mean just recently, either. I started the search when she turned 18, over 25 years ago. Like much of our technology, even...
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Two Very Brave Girls
Heart of Adoptions Alliance is fortunate to have many loving families that are open to welcoming children into their home that have medical challenges. During National Adoption Month, we like to...
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A Great Friday for Forever Families
In the last three weeks, I have high-fived a stormtrooper, been startled by a six-foot-tall thunder bug and had my face painted. What carnival have I been frequenting you ask, oh, just your local...
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A Time of Celebrating and Giving
December is a time for gift giving. It’s a time for remembering what is important and thanking those in our life that we value.It is a unique time for Heart of Adoptions because we are coming straight...
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A Holiday of Miracles
December is a month of holiday cheer. It can be a stressful month with all the extra demands we put upon ourselves to create the perfect holiday memories. In doing my own holiday errands and planning...
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A December of Birthdays
I was born on the 15th of December. I am one of several December Birthdays here at Heart of Adoptions. We have December babies among our attorneys, caseworkers, support staff, and at different...
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Self Care in the New Year
My New Year’s Resolution is better self-care (honestly, I started this year wanting to leave the office at 5 pm every day – with exception of a stork drop or consents). My first day back to work from...
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A Few Snuggles in The In-between
Being so new to the agency, I thought picking my favorite adoption story would be difficult since I have only seen a handful completed and been hands-on with even less. But there was one baby that I...
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A Day in the Life of the Adoptive Parent Coordinator
5:30 am- alarm goes off- snooze button hit multiple times…6: 00 am- 2nd alarm goes off- snooze button hit multiple times….6:25 am- 3rd alarm goes off- finally drag self out of bed- This is exciting...
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The Best Way to Honor St. Valentine
February 14th—Valentine’s Day—is most often associated with love, flowers, cards and of course, those delicious heart-shaped-message candies. While we all love to indulge in the love spread around on...
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A Birth Mom's Journey
You would think that I would have something more to report on the DNA kit. Some things just take more time than we would like. The first kit would not activate; the second kit did activate but it took...
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How Social Work Saved Me
I am lucky enough to be writing this blog during National Social Worker Month – a month when we honor the time, love, commitment, and overwhelming kindness that anyone who knows a social worker is...
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