THE HALL FAMILY ADOPTION STORY
For the Love of Our Children by Jill & Rob, who adopted their children in 1998 & 2000 I very clearly remember the day we met my son Jimmie’s birthmother for the first time. I have never been so nervous in my life. I was frightened by the thought of meeting birthparents and their families. […]
DAN’S ADOPTION STORY
When my wife told me she was pregnant with our third child in three years, I felt overwhelmed, my mind raced to find a solution. I knew that we could not afford to parent this child. Because of a lack of money, we were already living in my parents’ two-bedroom apartment. We considered abortion as […]
BIRTHFATHERS AND ADOPTIVE FATHERS DISCUSS OPEN ADOPTIONS
Birthfathers and adoptive fathers discuss open adoptions
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 […]
THE GILLIS FAMILY ADOPTION STORY
What is Love? By Missy and Chad Gillis Published April 2006 September 10, 2003 (my 35th birthday), I have only been working at my new job for six months. I ate lunch by myself at one of my favorite spots, the Happy Wok Restaurant in DeKalb. I quickly glanced down at my fortune as I […]
