Pregnancy is a nine month process, but caring for an expectant mom is bigger than that. At Zoe’s House, we talk about pregnancy, but we also talk about life – the life of a baby and mother. That consideration guides …
4 Questions Most Expectant Mothers Ask
Much of what we do in regards to adoption involves answering questions. Lots and lots of questions. An adoptive families choose the when of adoption, so they often come with reams of questions. They’ve been asking them to one another for …
Towards Openness
I’ve had preliminary conversations with more potential adoptive couples than I could count. They text, call, or email and ask me, “Can we sit down? We have some questions….”. It’s one of the favorite parts of my job – to …
We don’t just ‘do adoptions’. We build relationships.
So much of the focus of adoption is placed on the family who is opening their home to a new child. Everyone is elated to see these dreams come to fruition – and rightly so. Adoption is beautiful. Adoption is …
Coming soon….
The Zoe’s House staff is getting ready to role out a series of short podcasts answering some of the most common questions that we hear (and we hear them daily!). Stay tuned to hear Social Services Supervisor Nikki Pauls DeSimone …
The Adoption 411
Recently, we ran across a story about a couple who was interested in adoption but wasn’t sure where to get quality information. They eventually decided to reach out to a local radio personality because they had heard him speak of …
When An Adoptee Is Grown…
Recently, New Jersey agreed to allow adults who were adopted as children request their original birth certificate. This, of course, would reveal their exact place, time, and date of birth – as well as the names of their biological …
Adoption Stories: No Two the Same
When families or expectant mothers approach us, they often bring the same sets of questions. They ask about timelines, about openness, about finances, and about how the baby will feel about adoption down the road. There are no standard, one …
On Zoe’s Tenth Birthday
Our oldest daughter, Zoe, will be ten years old on Sunday. It hardly seems like ten years. Some details of Zoe’s adoption are so hardwired in me that I can not only remember them…I can feel them. Getting the call. …
Just yes. No qualifiers.
Working in adoption, it’s easy to get caught up in the fact that the process is laborous. There is a lot of paper work to fill out. There is soul searching to be done. Many times, there is a …