LAURA SHARES HER FAMILY’S ADOPTION STORY
The Best Decision We’ve Ever Made Meet Laura – A Mom through adoption In some ways, we have a typical story and in some ways we don’t. I knew when I was a teenager that my chances of having a child were very slim. My husband and I were high school sweethearts, and we had […]
ADOPTING IN THE EARLY YEARS OF OPENNESS: THE NEUSTADT FAMILY
Published January 2015 By The Cradle Staff Julie Neustadt and her husband, Jon, came to adoption the way many couples do – with a familial twist. “We went through infertility treatment for a couple of years,” recalls Julie. “My husband’s brother had adopted two girls from The Cradle, so we were familiar with that method […]
OUR FIRST YEAR WITH AIDEN – THE BELL FAMILY
Published August 2013 By The Cradle Staff We had been married five years and had been through a few years of frustrating infertility treatment without success. We had always discussed no matter we wanted to parent together and sought out our adoption options. We had two sets of friends who had recently used The Cradle […]
THE LOFTUS FAMILY ADOPTION STORY
A Thousand Words…. Although pictures are worth a thousand words, a thousand words are not enough to show our happiness and love we have for each other. We will be grateful to The Cradle and Daniel’s biological mother for the rest of our lives. Sincerely, Daniel & Linda
GRATEFUL FOR GABE
Published January 2015 By Samantha Spengler, Intern Gabe Studer was a vampire this Halloween. In school he checked out vampire books at the library, his favorite class of the day. He even wore his glow-in-the-dark fangs on his visit to the Cradle. At seven years old, Gabe is a bright and happy little kid. Collette Rand […]
AMAZING LOVE: THE TAYLORS’ ADOPTION STORY
Published September 2013 By The Cradle Staff When Angela and Jason Taylor decided to adopt, they already had some insight into the process. Angela was an adopted person herself, placed in 1970, but as was typical at the time her adoption had been a closed one. She has never met her birth family. The Taylors […]
