Building Beautiful Families

I loved serving Megan and Max. They came into adoption with hearts open for a wide array of situations. They just wanted to become a family of four. They signed on with me in April of last year, bravely became home study certified and also bravely launched into some amazing ways to fund their adoption. They completed a  Both Hands project, a T-shirt Fundraiser, grants,  and everything in between).  They were matched in July.  They were able to travel  in   late August  to meet the expectant mother who chose them to raise her son. Everything was going smoothly until one day when they got a call that the baby had been delivered 9 weeks prematurely.  And their expectant mom was now having second thoughts about her adoption plan... Megan shares a bit more about their adoption journey.... Max & I started our relationship out talking about kids LONG before we were married. We both love kids and it's been our lifelong dream to parent. When i...

I loved serving Scott and Jenn!  They jumped into their adoption journey with positive, expectant hearts. This is the story of how they became a family of four in just 12 months!   Thank you for sharing your open adoption story, Jenn! I know this will be an encouragement for others who are considering adoption and/or openness in their adoption. Our adoption journey started with several years’ of infertility as most do. After a doctor’s visit where we were told we were at a junction to either start IVF treatment or chose adoption, we easily chose to pursue adoption. I was tired of being poked and prodded, and the specialists didn’t think I had a great chance of success even with IVF.   We decided to start the adoption process early April 2017 and were referred to CAC through a colleague of Scott’s. We were finally home study ready in June 2017 and started receiving situations at that time. There were some weeks where we did not receive ...