Our Beliefs
- We honor the connection adoptees have to both of their families.
- We recognize the love and joy as well as the losses and grief of adoption.
- We do not diminish one family in favor of another.
- We are flexible, understanding that needs and circumstances change.
- We set boundaries on the basis of what is best for our children.
- We understand that open adoption looks like different things for different families.
Recent Comments
- TH on I lost my first grandchild to adoption and I can’t seem to let go. Any advice?
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- Elizabeth on What happens if the adoptive parents do not honor the open adoption agreement to keep us posted on the child?
- es on Should my husband reach out to his adult daughter who was placed for adoption?
- breanna cisneros on I’m trying to do what is right for my daughter, does she need to see her father or not?
grief Archive
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Community Wisdom
Is my daughter just innately and subconsciously refusing to be a part of our family?
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Community Wisdom
I want to tell my birth grandaughter the truth about her adoption. How do I do it?
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Community Wisdom
Does is bother you, as an adoptive parent, to think of or remember a first (birth) moms grief?
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Community Wisdom
How do I balance my need to express my grief honestly on my blog without hurting our open relationship?
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Community Wisdom
My 16 year old daughter is struggling in her open adotion. Help!
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Community Wisdom
How do you continue in an open adoption relationship when the birthmother is clearly regretting placing her child?
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Community Wisdom
Should we push our son’s bmom to visit?
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Community Wisdom
How do I deal with how much this hurts?
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