Brian and Jenn's Adoption Story

God weaves so many intricate details together to intersect the life of one specific mother in crisis with the lives of one specific waiting adoptive family, all for the sake of one specific child. It blows me away. No two stories are identical and yet each story is unmistakably marked by the hand of God. I'm so glad that you get to watch Brian and Jenn Johnson share about their adoption journey and how bringing home their son has shaped them. The joy that is so clearly seen in this video characterized their hearts throughout their adoption process.  It was such an honor for me to walk with them as their adoption consultant and to see God working in their story. In the unknowns and waiting...

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Adoption: 2 Things To Consider As You Name Your Child

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} Photo by Maarten Deckers on Unsplash There is just something magical about naming a child, isn't there? I remember as a young girl, dreaming about names for my "someday babies." Choosing a name for your child is such an important, beautiful gift and responsibility. It's also a complex, weighty, and emotional decision when you're talking about naming a child who enters your family through adoption. A large part of that complexity exists in the reality that through adoption, your child will be your child, but your child's life did not begin in your family. A part of your child's life and history will forever be connected...

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Your ICPC Wait Can Be A Gift

So much of the adoption process is about waiting. Waiting for your home study to be finished, waiting to have enough funds, waiting to be chosen by an expectant mom, waiting to see if she chooses to parent or place her child for adoption. You wait on pins and needles until the baby is born and consents are signed. FINALLY, all of the waiting is done and your long-prayed for child is in your arms! You think the wait is over...except...hold on-there's more.  Suddenly the reality that you're in yet another period of waiting washes over you with dread! If your child was born in a different state than yours, you can't go home until you have cleared ICPC (Interstate Compact on the Placing...

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I'm Already Home Study Ready: Why Use An Adoption Consultant?

“I’m already home study ready and waiting with a local attorney/agency. What would be the benefit of me working with a consultant at this point?"  This is a great question that I hear frequently from families inquiring about working with me. Here are three main reasons that it’s worth it to work with a consultant, even if you are already active with a local agency/attorney: 1.  More opportunities to have your profile book shown to expectant moms making an adoption plan 2.  Personalized support, prayer, and guidance 3.  Being a part of a caring community of adoptive families Wider Reach I help point you to multiple agencies and attorneys across the U.S., increasing your...

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Joel and Jaime's Adoption Story: Endurance and Hope

Photo Credit: Higher Focus Studios Joel and Jaime so beautifully followed the Lord's guidance throughout their adoption journey, even through deep waters and grief. I feel grateful to have gotten to know them and to have been their adoption consultant! The way they have loved (and continue to love) their daughter's birth mom is a vivid picture of the deep and faithful love of God. I'm so glad that they wanted to share some of their adoption story with us. "Patience, trust, endurance, and hope were central in our adoption journey. From the time we both felt the urge to adopt, to the time we brought our daughter home, about four years elapsed. During that time we experienced the birth and,...

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