If you know Adoptions From The Heart(AFTH), then you know that education is among our top priorities regarding the clients and families we serve. In doing so, we've created platforms where we create content with and for our clients, discussing every part of adoption planning and its process. In the last few years, our [...]
2022 brought along so many exciting new chapters for Adoptions From The Heart. To name a few, in just one year, we've: Launched New Education Webinars Established New Workshops and Support Groups for our clients Made new relationships with influencers and professionals Featured extraordinary guests on AFTHtv and A Heart-To-Heart Podcast And so much more! [...]
Join Giving Tuesday 2022 with Adoptions From The Heart! As a professional adoption agency dedicated to open adoption for 37 years, our mission is to provide safe, supportive, and loving homes and quality comprehensive services to adoptive families, birth parents, and children. We are looking forward to increasing our fundraising goal by 50% and [...]
This past Thursday, November 17, 2022, Adoptions From The heart hosted our very first Heart-to-Heart with Adoption Influencers event. It was an incredible night getting to hear from all our panelists and getting to meet and hear from our amazing AFTH Family! During this LIVE conversation, we were joined by adoptees and Birth Parents as they shared [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
