Adoption, and why someone adopted or why someone placed is all very personal and a question that has so many layers it can be hard to answer without sharing someone else’s story that isn’t yours to share.
Due to medical conditions that were hereditary in my ex-husband’s family, and the lifelong impact of those conditions we decided to pursue adoption. Personally, I felt that making the choice of a 50% or greater chance of passing on serious, life changing conditions was a choice I shouldn’t, and couldn’t accept for someone else.
At first we weren’t very educated about adoption, only knowing a bit about agencies and knowing we could never afford that route. Then, when we bought our home we ended up with a neighbor that is an owner of Utah Adoption Specialists, and she educated us about private adoption, self matching, and all that goes into it. Suddenly there was a chance to have children that we never thought we’d have. So, we pursued private adoptions and self matched for all 3 of our children’s adoptions. We did so and brought home all of our children in just a little over a year.
I won’t sugar coat it and say it’s an easy process, because it isn’t. In a perfect world adoption wouldn’t exist, and children would always be able to be raised, loved, and cared for by their birth families. That isn’t the world we live in. But, ultimately adoption lead to use being parents and having the three gremlins we have today, which I’m incredibly grateful for it.
Curious to learn more about the adoption process for us, and how we did it? Read more here.
Interested in using my services to help create an adoption profile that shows who you are? I’d love to work with you! Go ahead and contact me :]
