Along My Journey to Adopt
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Last Updated: Friday, 24 July 2009
Since July of 2000 I have dedicated my life
and energy to bringing adoptive couples and
birth parents together in order to fulfill their
dreams of adoption.
Almost twelve years ago my ex-husband and
I decided that we would like the opportunity
to make our family grow through the
wonderful process of adoption. We were
unaware of where or how to get started. After
several long months of research, determination,
and many prayers we found what we thought
to be the perfect Adoption Facilitator.
Along our journey to adopt we did incur a few heartaches and bumps, but
the pain of not being able to have any more children was worse. Within
approximately nine months of waiting we finally had our chance. We were
overwhelmed and delighted all at once. Many unsettling events would
take place before our adoption would be finalized, a year later.
Little did I know that God was preparing and training me for the adoption
work I do today. It is my goal to share with our adoptive families and birth
parents the methods and plans that succeed and do not succeed in
adoption. I believe adoption should be as affordable as giving birth to
your own babies and can be a wonderful experience for both the adoptive
families and birth parents. The afford ability is not unlike the many
complications that sometimes are a part of the birth process if you were
to give birth yourself. Unfortunately, expenses need to be paid and
generally the birth mother is not in circumstances to take care of those
expenses.
With our Second Adoption our Birth Mother found us on the Adoption
Wise website and decided to call. When she first contacted us we were
unsure of adopting her baby. This situation was totally different because
of the possibility of Open Adoption. The Birth Mother wanted letters,
pictures and visits unlike our first Birth Mother who only wanted letters and
pictures. After much consideration we decided to proceed with the
Adoption.
Our Little Girl is now almost eight years old and we have a very open
relationship with her Birth Mother. We visit one to two times a year and
have phone conversations as often as she wishes. We have enjoyed
having her as a part of our family. We do not consider her our Birth
Mother we consider her to be our daughter, and she is a very special
person who
will always be part of our lives.
I believe that through the experience of our Open Adoption I have been
helped to assist Birth Mothers and Adoptive Families in a different light.
In my lifetime I have had the pleasure and pain of experiencing various
sides of adoption first hand. Through my personal experience I have seen
the wonderful blessings of Adoption. I have experience not only from an
Adoptive Family's Point of view but also as a Birth Mother.
Like many women who later experience a miscarriage and deal with
infertility I found myself in an adoption position to increase the size of my
family. I believe that my personal experience, both being a Birth Mother
and an Adoptive Parent allow me to better meet the needs more
appropriately and understand how to make the match happen.
It is my hope for you, as an Adoptive Families; that your desire for a child
can be fulfilled soon.
It is my hope for you, our Dear and Beloved birth mothers placing your
children for adoption, that the immeasurable amount of love for the child
you are carrying will be returned to you again and again.
May God bless you both in your search for the best, for this precious little
child. Every Child Deserves a Loving and Stable Home to call their own.
Warmest Regards,
Laurie Aragon
Adoption Insight
Last Updated: Friday, 24 July 2009
Last Updated: Friday, 24 July 2009
Since July of 2000 I have dedicated my life
and energy to bringing adoptive couples and
birth parents together in order to fulfill their
dreams of adoption.
Almost twelve years ago my ex-husband and
I decided that we would like the opportunity
to make our family grow through the
wonderful process of adoption. We were
unaware of where or how to get started. After
several long months of research, determination,
and many prayers we found what we thought
to be the perfect Adoption Facilitator.
Along our journey to adopt we did incur a few heartaches and bumps, but
the pain of not being able to have any more children was worse. Within
approximately nine months of waiting we finally had our chance. We were
overwhelmed and delighted all at once. Many unsettling events would
take place before our adoption would be finalized, a year later.
Little did I know that God was preparing and training me for the adoption
work I do today. It is my goal to share with our adoptive families and birth
parents the methods and plans that succeed and do not succeed in
adoption. I believe adoption should be as affordable as giving birth to
your own babies and can be a wonderful experience for both the adoptive
families and birth parents. The afford ability is not unlike the many
complications that sometimes are a part of the birth process if you were
to give birth yourself. Unfortunately, expenses need to be paid and
generally the birth mother is not in circumstances to take care of those
expenses.
With our Second Adoption our Birth Mother found us on the Adoption
Wise website and decided to call. When she first contacted us we were
unsure of adopting her baby. This situation was totally different because
of the possibility of Open Adoption. The Birth Mother wanted letters,
pictures and visits unlike our first Birth Mother who only wanted letters and
pictures. After much consideration we decided to proceed with the
Adoption.
Our Little Girl is now almost eight years old and we have a very open
relationship with her Birth Mother. We visit one to two times a year and
have phone conversations as often as she wishes. We have enjoyed
having her as a part of our family. We do not consider her our Birth
Mother we consider her to be our daughter, and she is a very special
person who
will always be part of our lives.
I believe that through the experience of our Open Adoption I have been
helped to assist Birth Mothers and Adoptive Families in a different light.
In my lifetime I have had the pleasure and pain of experiencing various
sides of adoption first hand. Through my personal experience I have seen
the wonderful blessings of Adoption. I have experience not only from an
Adoptive Family's Point of view but also as a Birth Mother.
Like many women who later experience a miscarriage and deal with
infertility I found myself in an adoption position to increase the size of my
family. I believe that my personal experience, both being a Birth Mother
and an Adoptive Parent allow me to better meet the needs more
appropriately and understand how to make the match happen.
It is my hope for you, as an Adoptive Families; that your desire for a child
can be fulfilled soon.
It is my hope for you, our Dear and Beloved birth mothers placing your
children for adoption, that the immeasurable amount of love for the child
you are carrying will be returned to you again and again.
May God bless you both in your search for the best, for this precious little
child. Every Child Deserves a Loving and Stable Home to call their own.
Warmest Regards,
Laurie Aragon
Adoption Insight
Last Updated: Friday, 24 July 2009
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