The Adoption Wait: Recent Episodes
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Waiting to adopt can feel lonely and draining. The Adoption Wait podcast offers support, practical advice, and hope through the stories of adoptive parents who have been through it.
“You do not give up on parenthood. If this is something you want to do...there are people like us who will help you. We will encourage you. We will read your story and celebrate you...Every day I want to build more families. I want to take this financial p...
"Whether our daughter had stayed with her birth family, whether she ended up with us, whether she ended up with any of the hundreds of other prospective adoptive families that were waiting to adopt at the same time we were, she was always going to be l...
“During the holidays, for me, it was really different each season. Sometimes I really wanted and needed the love and excitement that came from those family gatherings with all the babies everywhere. And then other times it was really hard and brought a lot...
"In that moment I felt like he was not quite mine yet, he was the son of his birth parents. So I didn’t want to burst into a room with a suitcase full of clothes."-- Ashley Mendoza "My experience was awful at the hospital, I won’t sugarcoat it. And it is...
“We want the confidence that we can do it and know that it’s going to work out okay. And you don’t know. But, that’s why I strongly encourage community for everybody because those people get you.” – Tim Elder, Founder of The Infant Adoption Guide In this...