What is “Real” Mommy? — An Adoption Story
November is National Adoption Awareness Month and 2012 is the year when Friends in Adoption celebrates it’s 30th anniversary. We celebrate both events by bringing back great adoption stories from our...
View ArticleTenderly – An Adoption Story
Tenderly Back in the 1950′s one ethnic group seemed to follow another in the neighborhood of my youth. The ethnicity of the teachers in my grade school once dominated, but they were slowly moving out...
View ArticleFIA Family Album: Isabella and Abigail
Isabella and Abigail visiting their birth families Submitted by FIA parents, Melissa and Kevin Hi Friends in Adoption, We visited both girls birth families this weekend … great time! They live about 30...
View ArticleNew Edition of Connections now Available
Click on the Picture to download a PDF of the latest edition of “Connections” The latest edition of the Friends in Adoption (FIA) newsletter: “Connections” is now available for download. Click HERE (or...
View ArticleLatest Journeys Newsletter Available
Click to download a PDF of the latest edition of the Friends in Adoption Newsletter: “Journeys” Journeys, the Friends In Adoption newsletter is a support tool that offers articles on changing trends in...
View ArticleDear Moms of Adopted Children – by Kathy Lynn Harris
Kathy Lynn Harris, author of “A Good Kind of Knowing” and “Blue Straggler,” has written this wonderful article about adoption. It is very well written and worth the time to read it. Dear Moms of...
View ArticleCongratulations Olivia on Your Adoption Finalization Day
Congratulations to Olivia!! Elizabeth, Liz, and Olivia are just one of the many happy adoptive families who have successfully adopted with Friends in Adoption in the recent months. Click here to see...
View ArticleSpring 2013 Edition of Connections
Click on the Picture to download a PDF of the Spring 2013 edition of “Connections” The Spring 2013 edition of the Friends in Adoption (FIA) newsletter “Connections” is now available for download. Click...
View ArticleCLOSURE – A Documentary About an Adoptee’s Quest to Find her Birth Mother
A new adoption documentary has been produced by film maker Bryan Tucker. It documents 26 year old Angela Tucker’s journey as a transracial adoptee to find her birth mother. It has been generating a lot...
View ArticleLetter from FIA Alumni
We recently received this letter from a past FIA alumni family and wanted to share (with permission). Hi Dawn, Our son Zachary graduates from high school this week. His birth mom is coming out for it...
View ArticleLisa’s Story: A Birth Mother
“Both the birth father and I felt that this was the best option for us — but please know that we were fully allowed to create our own birth plan” My name is Lisa and I am honored to say that I am a...
View ArticleRyan’s Story: A Birth Father
“Patty told us everything about what FIA stood for and about how things would go. She told us about open adoption — I had no idea what it was, but when I found out, I was all for it. …. Going through a...
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