I’ve never been pregnant. Yet I have a smart, beautiful, and funny daughter. She’s adopted. She grew in my heart. It’s safe to say most people wanting kids expect the traditional route will work, so adoption is not on the radar in the early days. That was the case for my husband and me. We [...]
The saying goes “it takes a village to raise a child” and that certainly can feel necessary even from the start of the adoption process. But, what if you don’t feel that you have a large support system, supporting you in your adoption journey? 1. Look Beyond Family Members. While you may lack local [...]
During the holiday season, AFTH receives gifts to forward along to members of the adoption triad. When doing this, we ask that adoptive families send funds for postage to repackage and send the gift from our office. In order to ensure enough time with the recent delay in mail, please have all packages delivered to [...]
This month, Adoptions From The Heart strives to do our part in increasing adoption awareness by providing resources and bringing them to you right from the sources! We wish to celebrate our clients, as the path to adoption is never really an easy one. In an effort to do as much as we can as [...]
For September's BirthParent Workshop, Adoptions From The Heart invited back Life Coach Jenn Oglesbee to help our clients focus on goal setting and setting themselves up for a successful life. Not only as birth parents but as individuals. In the session, Jenn went in depth about the differences between making a goal and a [...]
This month, Adoptions From The Heart had the pleasure of sitting down with Miss Delaware, Grace Otley, to discuss her journey as an international adoptee through Adoptions From The Heart about 22 years ago. "I was adopted from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and flew home on my first birthday," Otley said. [...]
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is struggling or in a crisis, call or text 988 to reach a suicide & crisis hotline. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness month; a time to bring awareness to an often-controversial topic. During this month many like to educate the masses on [...]
When it comes to open adoption, it's easy to zero in on the adoption triad and their feelings, emotions, and thoughts. However, from our experience at Adoptions From The Heart, we've realized that much of the triad's support is through friends and extended families(siblings, parents, and grandparents). In honor of National Grandparent's Day, Adoptions From [...]
Adoptions From The Heart recently got to sit down with Amanda Phillips, a transracial adoptee who was adopted through AFTH in 2001 through international adoption. In this exclusive interview, Amanda talks about her adoption journey, struggles with identity, family and growing up, as well as her connection to the Netflix documentary 'FOUND.' Let's dive in! Interviewer: Tell [...]
When asked whether or not an adoptive parent is allowed to name or change their children's name after placement finalizes, the short answer is -Yes. Most often, at private infant adoption agencies like Adoptions From The Heart, adoptive parents already have names picked out the first go-round, so change is unnecessary. During the adoption process, [...]
