Archive for August 2024
Welcome Back ADOPTION NOW [S6E1]
ADOPTION NOW PODCAST is back in studio! Noah and April share some updates and have 2 very special guests on to express their excitement about the show! The whole family has missed recording and sharing your adoption stories. Season 6 is back in action! Get ready to hear the incredible stories you have missed so…
Read MoreNever Give Up: Zach and Richelle’s Adoption Story [S6E3]
From the time Richelle was a child, she knew she was called to adopt. When she married Zach, they were blessed with two biological children. They started their adoption journey and had no idea what it would take to bring home a third child. Through all the heartbreak and disappointment, they never gave up. When…
Read MoreCreating PairTree: Jaime and Erin Quick’s Adoption Story [S6E4]
After struggling with infertility, Jaime and Erin decided to travel state to state to adopt their two children. Erin talks about being honest in the matching process and how to be yourself when meeting the birthparents. After adopting their two children, Erin started an online adoption platform called PairTree. PairTree provides adoptive and birth families…
Read More“What is Your Story?” Lynn Deiulis Shares her Story as an Adopted Person [S6E7]
Lynn Deiulis is an adult adopted person and retired adoption worker from Canada who has written a book called “What Is Your Story”: Let’s Talk About Adoption and Kinship. Children are inquisitive people, especially about their history and their story. Lynn spent her whole life searching for information about her adoption story and her biological…
Read MoreThe Hands and Feet: Delivering Help and Hope Josh and Bailey’s Adoption Story [S6E6]
When Bailey and her husband said yes to growing their family through the foster care system, they had no idea what to expect!! 23 children later and 4 adopted into their family, Bailey shares what she learned on the journey. She never would have guessed how much her heart would change and how God would…
Read MoreFixing the Fates: Author and Adoptee, Diane Dewey, Shares Her Encouraging Story of Being Adopted from a German Orphanage [S6E10]
Diane is an adult adoptee and the author of the award-winning memoir, Fixing the Fates. She is also the host of “Dropping In,” a show on VoiceAmerica.com. In this episode, Diane speaks on the magic of being an adoptee and how she feels “lucky” to have grown up in the home she did. She was adopted…
Read MoreInfertility and Infant Loss: Kim Kriesel Shares her Experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor [S6E8]
April Fallon interviews Kim Kriesel, a licensed Professional Counselor who helps couples who are struggling to grow their family. For many women, not being able to fulfill their expectation of motherhood is the most devastating experience. Kim and her husband went through infertility and experienced many losses along the way. In overcoming her own grief,…
Read MoreOpen Adoption: Jillana Goble and Jennifer Bracken’s Open Adoption Story [S6E15]
Last week, Author Jillana Goble joined the show to talk about her foster care and adoption journey. She shared her experience with open adoption that she has written about in her new book called “A Love-Stretched Life.” On this episode, Jillana joins the show again with the birth mother of her son, Micah. Jennifer Bracken…
Read MoreWe Found You: Aubrey Mueller Shares her Adoption Story to Find her Daughter [S6E13]
Aubrey and Eric Mueller are from the Midwest and always knew they would adopt. After having two biological sons, they decided to pursue domestic infant adoption. The adventure begins as they are matched several times, and even connected to a notorious scammer that was on the TV show, Dr. Phil! Finally, after four years, they…
Read MoreLittle Farmers: SaVanna Schmidt Shares from North Dakota on Adoption and Farm Life [S6E18]
SaVanna and her husband, Nate, live in rural North Dakota. Both of them were born and raised there. They are grain farmers, raising mostly wheat and soybeans. When they struggled to become parents, they decided to go on the adoption journey through foster care. SaVanna shares what it was like bringing home a medically fragile…
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