ENORMOUS CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE
Timing is everything. But as Cradle parents Michele Thoele and Puamuh Ghogomu learned, in adoption it is something that can’t be controlled and is far from perfect. The couple did have the fortune of good timing by ending up in the same dorm as undergrads at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Michele grew up in […]
REMEMBERING ANNABELLE
1942 Cradle adoptee Annabelle Loud Redway had an unusual childhood. Her father, Gordon Loud, was a prominent archaeologist with the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute who led major excavations in Israel and Iraq. When Annabelle and her brother John, also a Cradle baby, were young children, the family lived in a town outside of Cairo, […]
LAURA IRONS, ADOPTEE AND CRADLE ASSOCIATE
Published January 2016 Growing up, I always knew that I was adopted. My parents initially explained with books and stories from when I was born, and as I got older I started to do my own research and learn more about my personal history. My mother greatly struggled with this, fearing that I would leave […]
WHEN THE STARS ALIGN: ADOPTING PARKER
Amanda and Martin Herholdt’s journey to bring their son Parker home was a long and complicated one, spanning nearly seven years – and four continents! While the outcome wasn’t what they had anticipated, they know it was meant to be. Martin, a native of Denmark, came to the United States in 1999 to work for […]
ADOPTION WAS FIRST CHOICE FOR THE MARCANTONIOS
When Lara and Joe Marcantonio began their adoption journey by submitting an application to The Cradle in the summer of 2012, life came full circle for Joe. A 1981 Cradle adoptee, Joe remembers his mother volunteering at The Cradle, attending holiday parties and open houses, and always knowing adoption as a very natural part of […]
RAISING A CONFIDENT SON
Everyone comes to The Cradle on their own unique path. Some have taken a sharp turn when they discovered biological children were not an option. Others have known for years where the trail would lead. Due to her heart condition, Ariel Steffens always knew that one day she would adopt a child. In early 2012 […]
