The nonprofit celebrates it's 35th anniversary of trailblazing the practice of open adoption with a free virtual event While the COVID-19 pandemic has canceled many celebrations in 2020 for health and safety reasons, Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) organized a free virtual gathering to celebrate the nonprofit’s 35th anniversary. On Wednesday, November 18th attendees logged [...]
A Tough Spot In 2006, a 25-year-old Crystal felt lucky to have Danny as a partner, and he felt the same way about her. Outside of the relationship the couple faced their own set of circumstances that were anything but “lucky.” As a diabetic, Crystal’s health has been a lifelong roller coaster ride due to [...]
An AFTH 35th Anniversary story Throwback In 2016, AFTH received an email from a family who had adopted through our China Program over ten years ago. Marie Kilgore and her family had a wonderful experience and were enjoying the past ten years with their daughter, Grace. However, they reached out to us because their adoption [...]
By Samantha, an Adoptions From The Heart adoptee Ever since I understood the term “adoption” and what it means, I have wanted to meet my birth parents. When I was younger, my dream was just that of a naïve child. I did not understand the complexity of feelings. I heard from my birth parents twice [...]
Katie and Andres always knew they wanted to grow their family. After having difficulties conceiving on their own, the couple turned to IVF, hoping the treatment would be a solution to their fertility struggles. However, they were unsuccessful after one round of treatment, and the extensive process took a toll on Katie. “I felt awful, [...]
Jennifer, Rob, and Genevieve When Jennifer and Robert got married, they knew right away that they wanted to start a family. However, they quickly learned that conceiving a child would not be an option for them. After struggling with infertility – Jennifer and Rob decided it was time to begin considering other ways [...]
When Jimmy became a birth father, he was excited; however, he knew his drug addiction would prevent him from being the birth father he wanted and needed to be. “Addiction is so self-centered that I knew...I would have never been able to provide for her. My only choice at that time was adoption. I had [...]
When most people hear the word adoption, the first thought is for the well- being of the child (as it should be), but what is the next thought??? Well, with the Adoptions From The Heart agency, there is no second thought. Somehow this agency manages to help and offer support to all the people involved [...]
Our road to parenthood was long and bumpy with many roadblocks. We had to shift directions many times during the process, but we were determined not to lose hope. Hope and keeping the faith is what brought us to our daughter, Aaliyah. Our journey to parenthood has ended, but our job as parents is just [...]
My husband and I were placed with a beautiful baby girl through AFTH on November 2, 2016. After almost two and a half years of waiting we finally received a call for an emergency placement. We had less than 24 hours to travel to Philadelphia to meet our daughter Quinn. It was quite a whirlwind [...]
