The definition of the word identity is "the fact of being who or what a person or thing is".  Usually, the first iden...

Some of you may have read this title and assumed I would be writing about when I found out I was pregnant, but that involves a not so classy...

I realized that I haven't talked that much about my adoption story. So I wanted to start with how I picked the couple who would have m...

Open adoptions can be wonderful! I love receiving email updates about cute things my (birth) son has learned to do and the adorable photos ...

One of my main goals for telling my story is to change the perception of adoption. Unfortunately, unplanned pregnancies happen. Why is the ...

I've heard many different stories about how and when expectant parents chose adoptive couples, and how their experience affected the...

I’ve been thinking a fair amount recently about the reasons one would choose open adoption versus closed. This isn’t an argument for ad...

That cutie right there? Yeah,that's Blake again, which must mean I am back! I can't believe it's time for post number two, and y...

As you are educating yourself on adoption you may run across terms that you are unfamiliar to you. Below is a list of some of those terms al...

Somewhere in the third trimester of your pregnancy (or the end of your second trimester if you just know you are going to go early like I ...

Recently an expectant mother making an adoption plan asked me if she would be allowed to have the keepsake items from the hospital stay when...

Are you searching for the perfect family for your child?  Many times I have heard expectant mothers making adoption plans comment that they ...