May 04, 2015

Adoption News Roundup

We hope you had wonderful weekend and that you took a moment to acknowledge Birth Mother’s Day in one form or another. If you are a birth mother, we hope you felt acknowledged, respected, supported and loved this weekend. We’re thankful everyday for your sacrifice and are so proud to have you in our lives, and to be part of your journey.

Now, here’s a look at some of the news that caught our eye last week…

This woman writes beautifully about thinking more broadly about Mother’s Day this year. Not just celebrating it for yourself (which you should), or for your Mother, or even your child’s birth mother, but all the mothers who cannot have children, who are grieving unborn children, or the children they were unable to see grow up. “Mothers who would be mothers if only they could.”

The President has officially proclaimed May “National Foster Care Month.” He said, “At the heart of the American story is the simple truth that all children should have a fair chance at success, no matter who they are or where they come from.  Central to this promise of opportunity are the love and support of family — which all girls and boys deserve, but not enough have.  During National Foster Care Month, we recommit to caring for all our Nation’s daughters and sons, and we reaffirm our basic belief:  in America, there is a place for everyone, and no young person should feel like they are on their own.” Read the rest of his proclamation here.

A birth mother shares her thoughts on Mother’s Day.

Talking about race with children isn’t always easy. But as Kristen Howerton points out, we can’t teach our children about race if we don’t talk about race.

Adoptive Families nails it with this article about giving up infertility grief and moving towards adoption. It’s a process, it doesn’t happen instantaneously, and no one should expect it to. Even after you’ve chosen to grow your family through adoption, even after you adopt and fall in love with your children, it is still possible, and natural, to experience grief about infertility.

Your child’s “Gotcha Day.” What does it mean to you? This adoptive father shares lovely, poignant, relatable words.