BECKY’S ADOPTION STORY
Becky, an adopted person, shares her adoption story with The Cradle Becky adopted from The Cradle Adoption Agency. This is her open adoption story.
SARAH AND RACHEL’S ADOPTION STORY
Published September 2011 By Sarah Vesely I was the first person in my family, outside of my parents, to hold my sister. I had only just turned five at the time, and did not quite understand the logistics of adoption, the figurative birth of a child into a family. All I knew was that here […]
GROWING UP IN OPENNESS – REBEKKAH’S STORY
The choice has been made. Or so you think. Just because a choice seems right, it doesn’t always mean it is. The decision is yours to choose light over the darkness, life over death, or love over hate. I know somebody who made some pretty bad choices, but one changed her life forever. Fourteen-year-old Meagan […]
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF SEARCHING – JOEL’S STORY
Published May 2013 By The Cradle Staff Cradle adoptee Joel Solomon always knew he was adopted; he even knew his birth mother’s name – but that was all the information he had. “My parents gave me everything – I was never in need of anything – so I never wanted to search while they were […]
EXPECTATIONS, REALITIES, AND CONNECTIONS
The Cradle was a household name for Linda Armstead January when she was growing up. Both she and her brother, David, were adopted from The Cradle in the 1970s, and their parents never hid the truth from them. In fact, their mother told them every detail she could remember, even at a time when the […]
OPENED ADOPTION: ADOPTED THROUGH THE CRADLE ADOPTION AGENCY 16 YEARS AGO
Opened Adoption: Adopted through The Cradle Adoption Agency 16 years ago
