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Family Redefined by Open Adoption
A lot can happen in eight years. Lindsey Rattan went to college, graduated, got married and started her career. But before she did any of that, she had a baby. Read More
Birth Mom and Best Friend
Tina Gay and Sarah Woody are best friends. They linger over coffee at Starbucks, make weekly phone calls to relive the drama of their favorite TV show or discuss the frustrations of teaching, and they’re even training together for a marathon. They have a lot in common, too. They’re vivacious and opinionated, hard-headed and full of energy.
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Next of Kin: How a Family Fused through Open Adoption
The sweet smell of strawberry and rhubarb pie fills the air of Kristen and Doug Mitrisin’s home in Rowlett, Texas. It’s a warm summer day, and their daughter Amber, a senior at University of North Texas, has just walked in as the doorbell chimes.
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A Picture of Family
LiLi wore pig tales with a tiny pink pom pom on one side of her head. In a small purse, she carried every picture, every note her family had mailed her.
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One Year Down
They’ve been logged in to the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs now for over a year, and the wait is not getting any shorter. But for David and Amy McDurham, life is good.
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Russian-Adopted Twins Adjust to Life in America
“Jacob, tuck in your shirt.”
“Micah, come stand by Mommy.”
The 6-year-old twins shuffle and twirl around the Tarrant County Family Law Center lobby as their mother tries to coax them into the courtroom.
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Foster Care and Adoption Knits Family Together
They keep each baby’s picture on their refrigerator like family photos on a mantle – innocent faces lined up in the order of their arrival to the home. Mark and Jacquie Craggett go through the photos and call each child by name: Raquelle, Anthony, Nathan, Desi, William, Maya, Hayden, Peanut, Brian.
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A Local News Story Helps Complete a Family
Not many parents can say the first time they saw their daughter was on TV, but the moment Geno and Lisa Hill saw Deidre’s smiling face on a local television news program, they knew she would be a part of their family.
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A Permanent Home
In Reyna and Daniel’s world, there were no bugs, no guinea pigs and definitely no horses.
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The Gift of Children
Mona Harvey opens a Bible and reads to her two foster children from the first story she finds.
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More than Words
When Ellinor Nixon sees a clean room, she sees more than dust-free floors and neatly made beds. She sees inside a child’s mind.
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The Gift of Two Moms
It was over 90 degrees, but when she climbed out of the family car, her hands were shaking.
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