EVERYTHING WORKS ITSELF OUT: LISA AND JOHN’S STORY
Written September 2015 As she walked to chemistry class, Lisa summoned the courage to call her mom on her cell phone. An 18-year-old freshman at Augustana College in 2005, Lisa had recently discovered she was pregnant. She and her then boyfriend, John, discussed adoption as a potential option for their baby. Lisa explained the situation […]
THE MARTIN FAMILY: WHAT THEY’RE DOING TO HELP
Back row, from left: Brian Martin, Sean Ward, Bill and Janet Martin. Front row: Tara Martin holding son Brendan, Juliette Martin, Max Ward and Suzanne Martin Ward Janet and Bill Martin raised their two Cradle babies, Brian (1977) and Suzanne (1979), in New Jersey and have now retired to a spacious home that can accommodate them, […]
ANNE’S STORY
Published October 2010 By The Cradle Staff Anne was already four months along when she discovered that she was pregnant, so she felt her only options were parenting or making an adoption plan. Since she herself was adopted as an infant, her parents assumed that adoption would be her first choice. Anne tried to gather […]
MY FAMILY IS MY WORLD: A CRADLE MOM REFLECTS ON HER ADOPTION JOURNEY
Immediately upon picking up the phone, and throughout their conversation, Pam Kavanagh let the interviewer know what her Cradle babies were up to. I know what you are calling about, and the two subjects of interest are tackling each other right now. Pam and John were in their mid-30s when they got married, after meeting […]
TWO DOTING DADS & THEIR DAUGHTER
Phil and Eric at The Cradle on Abigail’s placement day, May 13, 2015 When Eric Hellige and Phil Quick brought their daughter home from The Cradle, they were prepared for a challenging transition into parenting. Fifteen months later – they are still waiting. “Friends with kids had warned us there would be ‘those days,’ but […]
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, […]
