Faces and voices of adoption

Since we adopted, I have had the opportunity to become friends with so many people that are connected to adoption.  I want to honor them today and help share their voice about how adoption has touched their lives and what adoption means to them.  Here are just a few faces…

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Family Forever {adoption}

I am still pretty new to the adoption world and I found out this week that November is Adoption Awareness Month.  Kind of perfect timing since I have been posting so much about our adoption 😀  Well today I am posting about one of the best days of my life.…

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Finalization {adoption}

Yesterday we finalized our adoption of Alayna.  With our adoption what that meant was that our agency no longer had legal custody of her, but we did.  I’ve had a few people ask me if Lauren could change her mind in the six months, and in Utah, as soon as…

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Building a relationship {adoption}

The first time we met Lauren and Matt was on December 6th.  We had been texting and emailing before that, but hadn’t talked on the phone.  We were both so nervous…like pretty much from the text that Lauren asked us if we could meet I don’t think I slept or…

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