Thank you both for your replies. I appreciate it! I will certainly update on our progress. Karolina ... contacted about 10 couples from the site and then...
Hello all. After some soul-searching, dh and I have decided to expand our search for a baby of the following ethnicities: Hispanic, Hispanic/Caucasian, ...
COngratulations on your decision! Sometimes they come easy, sometimes they take some time. I'm glad that ya'll are expanding your search. There are so many...
Thanks, Amy. I posted what I thought was a good thing on another message board, for hopeful adoptive parents, and all week I've been reading criticisms and...
Well, we've all been a little quiet recently... I guess it's everyone getting ready to face the holiday season! I hope that everyone is well ... Emily, did you...
My birthdaughters birthday is coming up soon! She will be six years old. Right around this time of the year I start to get pretty emotional thinking about it...
thank you for the positive! my first just had his 15th... OMG, i just counted that out! this is always a contemplative season for me since micheal's b'day is...
Hi Amy, Things are going well with my sons. Nate is a Junior at Rutgers University and Zak has a job. I am hoping to see them tomorrow for Thanksgiving. ...
Raquel, I went on a spiritual retreat earlier this year where I heard for the first time that "tears are a gift" from God. I, too, cry - seemingly for no...
Sorry it took me so long to finally post on here, but I'm a single mom of 2. I work part time and also am in nursing school full time...so while I read the...
Valerie, Ken and Danielle came to visit me in the great state of Texas from California last weekend. The visit was fantastic and cemented my knowing that I...
Hello all. Just wanted to share a recent disappointment. We were in contact with a teen wife and mother who was expecting her second child. She wanted to...
Oh, how I wished she had just left it at that! A week later, this birth mom contacted us again, and we were thrilled and absolutely sure this would be it!...
Karolina - Keep your spirits up, adoption is a process but once all parties are ready it's beautiful. You're in my prayers! Amy ... sure ... place ... wish ...
So I hope that all is well with all of you! Hope the holidays treated everyone well. I'm getting pretty excited. My guy and I are getting ready to go to ...
I have always wanted to be a surrogate. And I kinda feel like the adoption was like an unintended traditional surrogacy lol. So I'm looking into it, but don't...
Thats great! Birthdays are always fun. If you need any ideas for a gist, I suggest going to Etsy.com I saw a gorgeous necklace. It was make by an adoptee and...
Being a surrogate is a beautiful idea! I feel the same way about the adoption feeling like a surrogacy. I feel like Danielle was always meant for Ken and...
Thanks for the site. I'm not sure what we're getting her. I need to finish her birth parent scrapbook, but I don't know that that's a good first birthday...
We (the boyfriend and I) went to California for Danielle's first birthday party. It was a total blast. I got to meet her mom's side of the family which was a...
i'm really happy that you are having such a positive experience with your choice! our holidays were fun but, chaotic. the economy hit us hard. hubby and i were...
Hi all! Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! I'm writing in hopes of some words of wisdom. My husband and I met a wonderful young lady last month, who is...
I'm just checking in with everyone see how ya'll are doing. Things are great here. I just took a 2 1/2 week vacation to California to stay with Danielle and...