Adoptive Parents

Adopting From Haiti [S3E13]

May 3, 2018


After Laura led a medical mission trip to Haiti she knew she wanted to adopt from there. The process took 3 1/2 years but finally they brought home their 5 year old little girl. On this episode Laura shares about …

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Adoption From Russia [S3E10]

April 4, 2018


Susan Mitchell shares what it was like to bring two children home from Russia.

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Michelle Madrid Branch’s Story [S2E14]

November 1, 2017

Michelle Madrid Branch understands adoption in ways that most others do not. She is both an adoptee and an adoptive parent. She was adopted in the U.K. as a toddler, found her biological…

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Sara Berry’s Story [S2E13]

October 18, 2017

We have all heard stories of people who adopt children from abroad and of people who adopt children with disabilities, but today we have a story with both. Sara Berry and her husband…

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The Lucky Few – Heather Avis [S2E10]

September 27, 2017

Heather Avis and her husband are parents of three adopted children, two of whom have Down Syndrome. At the start of their adoption journey, they set out to adopt a healthy…

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Renee’s Story [S2E9]

September 20, 2017

Today on the podcast, we are so excited to feature Renee Hettich’s story of her experience adopting 4 children internationally. One of her children is from Guatemala, and three of them…

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Chung and Andra’s Story [S2E8]

September 13, 2017

ADOPTION NOW has our first story from Canada! Andra and her husband, Chung, were our first family to apply from a different country. Tune in this week to hear about the Canadian foster care system…

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Talking About Trauma with Carrie O’Toole [S2E7]

August 30, 2017

Do you have questions about PTSD related to adoption? Do you struggle as a parent to understand a child that has experienced early childhood trauma? On this episode of ADOPTION…

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Beverly Boerner-Reynolds’ Story [S2E6]

August 23, 2017

Beverly Boerner-Reynolds is an adoptive mother from Texas who wrote a book about the love a birthmother has for her child. When she first met her son’s birthmother she thought maybe…

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Natalie and Stephen’s Story [S2E5]

August 16, 2017

Stephen and Natalie had dreams of adopting from the foster care system but the process was not as easy as they had hoped it would be. By a miracle they heard of an infant situation…

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