OUR MIRACLE: KATIE GRACE
Published March 2015 By Samantha Spengler, Intern When Maggie Oswald and Ken Paquette decided to pursue adoption to build their family, they chose The Cradle, which Ken had learned about from his boss. They submitted an application and completed their home study, going on the waiting list in February 2011. And they waited. It wasn’t until […]
DOUBLE DELIGHT: THE THOMPSON TWINS’ ADOPTION STORY
Published February 2015 By Samantha Spengler, Intern Sherece and Darren Thompson struggled with infertility for seven years before making the decision to come to The Cradle. To their surprise, they realized that each had been researching the agency separately. But a much bigger surprise was in store for the couple. They applied to the Sayers Center […]
CRADLE MOM WENDY ON WCIU’S “YOU AND ME THIS MORNING”
Cradle mom Wendy Willis went on WCIU’s “You and Me This Morning” with her two-year-old daughter Micah to discuss her experience as a first time mommy. Cradle Mom Wendy on WCIU’s You and Me This Morning
LISA DISCUSSES ADOPTION IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
Lisa discusses how there is a lack of adoption education in the African American community Choosing Adoption in the African American Community
MAKING A HOME FOR MEKBIB AND MEKDES
Published October 2015 By Shelbie Bostedt, Intern When Megan and Timothy Boarini returned home to Chicago in August 2011, they were accompanied by a little boy and girl, entering their new home for the first time. All of their lives were forever changed. The couple had come to The Cradle two years earlier in hopes of […]
COUNTING ON CAMERON
Published June 2015 By Shelbie Bostedt, Intern, and Samantha Spengler, Intern Adoption can be a complicated, emotional process. For Chelsea Armstrong and Matthew Bailey, the journey was longer and more difficult than they hoped or anticipated—but they’d do it all over again. “Adopting is the best thing ever. It’s a beautiful experience,” Chelsea says. Two years after having […]
