Using positive and accurate adoption language can have an immense impact on adoptees and parents alike. The words and phrases we use to express our relationships with family members and loved ones can either make us feel like we belong or we don’t belong. Using positive adoption language and language of belonging can be so important to the development and…
Billy and Jason recently welcomed a beautiful baby boy into their home and growing family. Beau is their second child and though they had also adopted their 4-year-old daughter Louisa, the dads still had many of the same questions to consider that they did before their first adoption: Can we responsibly afford another adoption? Can we take the needed parental…
Given her own life circumstances, Patricia decided to become a single mother. After failed fertility treatments and local domestic adoption in her Canadian hometown not being an option, she was excited to learn about her options for international newborn adoption from the U.S. What particularly drew her to adoption with Courageous Hearts was the openness, “that birth mothers get to…
Every adoption starts with loss, but they do not have to end with it. For Brandi, working with Courageous Hearts Adoptions and creating an open adoption plan, has allowed her to heal and continue to love her baby that she placed for adoption.
Weighing your options is an important part of any big decision. If and when you decide that you can’t provide the necessary care for your child, you may be feeling lost on what to do next. Adoption isn’t your only option, but it may be the best one.
We understand that adoption can be very expensive and range from $35,000 to $55,000. Not only can these fees be a financial burden or barrier for an expanding family, in the case of failed or terminated adoptions, many of those fees are lost and unrecoverable.
Courageous Hearts wants to assist you in decreasing the financial burden and make adoption attainable for families wishing to expand.
Taylor was adopted as a baby from Korea by her Caucasian, American parents, who already had two biological sons. Today, Dr. Taylor Whittington is a health educator in higher education, and she is an adoption advocate.
When Eve first laid her eyes on Johnny, it was like an “overwhelming sensation of peace.” With him in her arms, she felt at home, like life finally made sense. Not only did she find an instant bond with Johnny, she felt like he was meant to be part of their family.
For Kristin, adoption was always an option, “I’m adopted. So I think in the back of my mind, I thought I would have a child through adoption.” But she felt unprepared for how quickly life changed.
Laura and Tommie’s adoption process was rather quick but would be one that was difficult for them emotionally. But their future match would be “meant to be.”