We are excited to feature another Purl family, Cyrus, Emily and their two sweet boys, Leo and Zeke!!! This family is home study approved and currently living in picture-perfect Hawaii, where they are stationed in the military, and they are thrilled about adding to their family again through adoption! Cy and Emily are hoping to add a baby girl to their family, preferably an African-American child that will look similar to Zeke.
We are so excited to feature another sweet Purl Family, Nathan and Chelsea, who are looking to add to their family through adoption. Nathan and Chelsea met in a church group for young professionals, became friends, then started dating and the rest was history! This Arizona couple lives in the country on a large lot outside of a large city, with their dog Patch, mini-horse Rocket, four goats and two barn cats. They love to explore the world around them and can’t wait to share their adventures with a child!
Sarah Crawford, PhD, LPC, is a child therapist and a parent coach in Arizona who specializes in working with parents to address issues related to attachment, parent-child relationships, and adoption. She helps parents identify what their unique situation needs, while helping parents deepen trust and strengthen family connections. We sat down with Sarah to better understand attachment and how attachment concerns can arise in adoption. Here's what Sarah had to say…
October had always been one of my favorite months of the year. Living in Arizona, it is usually the first sign of cooler weather, football is in full swing and my three favorite holidays are on the horizon. When my husband and I were home study approved and certified to adopt in early August, we were quickly matched with an expectant mother due with a baby boy in mid-October. I was so excited about that being the month we would become parents. I purchased the cutest little bear Halloween costume for him and was thrilled to begin to get to know the expectant mother that would become our son’s birth mother. I couldn’t have predicted that on October 7 a sweet baby boy would be born, but by October 10, after cuddling him for days in the hospital, I would be one of so many in the adoption world to experience what is commonly called a “failed adoption.”
Most of you who know me (Katie) personally know that I’m not nearly creative or talented enough to create the gorgeous profile and adoption outreach materials that we have for Purl, but I’m smart enough to hire someone who does!
Today, we are featuring the amazing woman behind most of the graphic design work for Purl, Director of Graphic Design, Alison (Ali) Alvidrez.
We are so excited to feature our sweet Purl family, Tom and Karen! Tom and Karen were just friends and colleagues for 8 years before Tom finally got the nerve to ask Karen on a date, but then the rest was history! This Arizona couple has felt a strong calling to adopt and cannot wait to begin their adoption journey to find the child meant for their family! They can’t wait to share all their adventures with their child.
We are so excited to feature another adorable Purl family, Andrew, Cagney and their beautiful daughter Maguire, who they adopted in October of 2017! This sweet family is home study approved and cannot wait to add to their family again through adoption. They hope to adopt another African American child like Maguire, so that their children can grow up with a sibling with features that mirror their own.
Interested in adoption but overwhelmed by all the jargon and legal terms? As an adoptive mom who once was in your shoes, I know how intimidating it can be at the beginning of the process. Here are some common terms used in domestic infant adoption and what they typically mean within the adoption community.
I missed the boat on motherhood.
What does that mean? It means missed opportunity, lost moments never to be reclaimed, chances I will never have.
We are so thrilled to feature another Purl family, Greg and Jessica! This adorable couple cannot wait to add to their family through adoption! Greg is a fun-loving jokester, and an amazing father to his three kids. Jessica is thoughtful and caring and is as sweet as the sound of her South African accent. Jessica was adopted at birth, so when Greg and Jessica married and talked about growing their family, both easily agreed that adoption was the perfect way!
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