Because helping kids begins with supporting their families. — A desire to adopt is often born from a desire to help vulnerable children. But did you know that most vulnerable children in developing countries already have a family? A family that can care for them if connected with the right resources. I was adopted as an infant, but I…

“Why would you ever want to meet the people who rejected you?” — There are certain narratives our culture likes to tell about adoption. Adoption is salvation from a terrible past, for instance. Adoption is a win-win fix for abortion. Adoption is a gift for infertile couples. Adoption rescues unwanted kids. Adoption is love, and love is all that matters. Hi. I’m someone…

I only told my story because my mom shared hers first. — I didn’t tell anyone my story until I was 16, because that’s when my mother told me hers. We were canning applesauce in our kitchen, our annual fall tradition. While I reduced a pot of apples and cinnamon on the stove, we discussed a strange piece of mail that arrived…

I wasn’t a parentless orphan. Neither are many other adoptees. — Yesterday was Orphan Sunday, a day when churches across the country turn their attention to orphan care, nurturing efforts to adopt the world’s children who need homes and families. I grew up in the evangelical church, and while none of the congregations we belonged to observed Orphan Sunday, I became…

It’s time to clear up some emotionally-charged rhetoric. — It’s National Adoption Awareness Month, and for the past week or so, there’s been a lot of buzz about the GOP potentially eliminating the adoption tax credit. As an adopted person, I really need to clear up a lot of emotionally-charged rhetoric and straight-up wrong assumptions that have been circulating…