Member Articles

By Mary O.

Could Adoption Be Right for Your Family?
When you're just beginning to think about adoption, the choices can be mind boggling. Should you adopt domestically or go the international route?…
Could We Afford to Adopt?
When families are wondering if adoption may be right for them, a question that comes up over and over is cost. Adoption can be quite expensive, whether…
Adoption Paperwork: Making Your Adoption Happen Faster
I have a confession to make: I get a little nutty when I am in the midst of an adoption. Once my husband and I have decided to move forward to adopt a…
Moms: Claim an oasis for yourself every day
For Christmas 2006 I was given possibly the softest, fluffiest, pale-pinkest bathrobe I have ever seen. When I put it on the morning after Christmas…
Time for another child?
One of the more challenging decisions of parenthood is the question of spacing. How close is too close? Is a 4-year-old ready to be an older sibling?…
Windows to the soul
Two of my daughters came to us a year ago, at the ages of 9 and 11. A couple months after they got home, we signed them up for swimming lessons. I spent…
They're all our "real" children
Like most folks, John and I didn’t set out to become adoptive parents. We fell in love, got married, and started having babies. Four of them:…