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Featured Family – Brian and Allie

BPetersonDesign2023-06-07T09:24:14-07:00November 5, 2021|We've Adopted!|

We are so excited to welcome another beautiful, home study approved Purl family from Nebraska: Brian and Allie and their two sweet girls Rose and Lucy! Since their first burger date 11 years ago, they’ve created a life full of laughter, kindness, and the simple joy of being together. Being parents is their favorite adventure and they can’t wait to grow their family through adoption. To learn more about them, click here to download their family profile or learn how you can contact them directly.

Choosing Adoption Professionals for Your Journey

BPetersonDesign2023-07-19T16:18:09-07:00November 4, 2021|Adoption Advisor, Adoption Education, Adoption Process, Domestic infant adoption, Hoping to Adopt|

Who you choose to help you navigate your adoption journey is probably the most important step in the domestic infant adoption process. As we have discussed many times in past blog posts, we feel the best option for domestic infant adoption is to have someone guide you through the process, like we do at Purl. We encourage you to watch our video on The Real Scoop About Hiring an Adoption Advisor we prepared a few years ago, to help you in selecting the right adoption advisor for you. To read more about how we recommend selecting attorneys/agencies in their journey, read more of our brief update below.

The Steps in a Domestic Infant Adoption Process

BPetersonDesign2023-07-19T16:17:04-07:00November 4, 2021|Adoption Advisor, Adoption Education, Adoption Home Study, Adoption Process, Adoption Profile, Domestic infant adoption, Hoping to Adopt|

Many people consider adopting but become too discouraged by the complexity of the adoption process to proceed past an initial thought. Adoption requires research, education, preparation, money and time, with a lot of challenges along the way. No two adoptions will be the same, and each state's laws are a little different, but each domestic infant adoption will typically follow the same general steps: Click here to read more about the steps we recommend in the domestic infant adoption process.

We want to adopt, but what type of adoption is right for our family?

BPetersonDesign2023-07-19T16:16:20-07:00November 1, 2021|Adoption Education, Learn|

There are many different ways to adopt, and deciding which route is right for you BEFORE you start the process is really important. Each of these types of adoptions discussed in this post will have different steps in the process, so it is helpful to do a lot of research on adoption generally (particularly the loss inherent in adoption) and talk with different adoption professionals first to determine the best route for you and your family — before you spend any substantial sum of money. In this post, you will find a brief discussion on domestic infant adoption, international adoption, adopting through foster care, and even embryo donation/adoption (really not adoption at all in most cases). We hope this quick summary will help you determine if any of these options are right for you.

National Adoption Awareness Month

BPetersonDesign2023-07-19T16:15:08-07:00November 1, 2021|Adoption Advisor, Adoption Education, Adoption is Hard, Adoption Perspectives, Adoption Process, Domestic infant adoption, Hoping to Adopt|

During the month of November we raise awareness of adoption during National Adoption Awareness Month. While every type of adoption is recognized this month, the particular focus this month is to raise awareness about the urgent need for adoptive families for children and youth in foster care. The number of children and teens needing homes is evident by looking at AdoptUSKids or heart galleries typically showing available children by state. The history of National Adoption Awareness Month dates back to 1976 when the Governor of Massachusetts announced the first Adoption Week. This idea grew in popularity and quickly spread nation wide. In 1995, President Clinton expanded the week to the entire month of November. I have given other ideas on how to recognize National Adoption Day in years past. This year, to recognize National Adoption Awareness Month, we’re going to post each day about some topic in adoption, but focusing on education and helping families better understand the adoption process and what things you might experience if you adopt. To learn more about us and how we plan to cover National Adoption Awareness Month, click here.

Featured Family – Ivan and Meghan

BPetersonDesign2023-06-07T09:33:07-07:00October 31, 2021|We've Adopted!|

We’re thrilled to introduce you to this gorgeous, home study approved Purl Family from New Mexico: Ivan and Meghan! They have always dreamed of having kids and would love to grow their family through adoption! These two make the best team and are surrounded by a loving, supportive family. To learn more about them, click here to download their family profile or learn how you can contact them directly.

Featured Family – Clay and Melissa

BPetersonDesign2023-06-07T09:35:20-07:00October 22, 2021|We've Adopted!|

We’re thrilled to introduce you to this beautiful, home study approved Purl Family from Washington: Clay and Melissa! Their 14 years together have been filled with adventures, challenges, joys and leaps of faith. They are ready to share their lives with children and become parents by way of adoption! To learn more about them, click here to download their family profile or learn how you can contact them directly.

A Different Life, Not a Better Life

BPetersonDesign2022-10-18T16:51:00-07:00October 19, 2021|Adoption Advisor, Adoption Education, Adoption is Hard, Adoption Perspectives, Domestic infant adoption, Hoping to Adopt, Open Adoption (Learn)|

I can’t help but focus on this key phrase now that I know more, now that I’ve spent five years listening to adoptees’ voices, particularly those adoptees that experience serious discontent with their adoptions. The phrase that hits me hard as the truth now: Different isn’t better. An adoptive parent may be able to offer a more financially stable home, more opportunities for education, extracurricular activities and travel. But, the trade off to that is that there was still maternal separation and that child will likely experience trauma and loss due to their adoption, in a transracial adoption, there might also be loss associated with separation from their culture. So that child’s life will definitely be different, the adoptee will face different hardships after an adoption than they would have had in their biological home, but there will be hardships nonetheless. Click here to read more on Katie’s reflections.

Birthday Reflections

BPetersonDesign2022-03-30T18:05:40-07:00October 18, 2021|Adoption Advisor, Adoption Education, Adoption is Hard, Domestic infant adoption, Open Adoption (Learn)|

In this blog post, I (Tessa Reagan Vilte, Purl Adoption Advisor) share reflections on my sons first birthday. Birthdays in a family built by adoption can be different, there is a lot more weight and emotion that goes into them. In this post I share how this birthday, the whirlwind that was my child’s’ first year, the grief I was holding for him, his story and his birth mom caught up with me. Click here to read more of Tessa’s reflections on this day.

Funding Your Adoption With Adoption Grants

BPetersonDesign2022-04-01T14:27:46-07:00October 7, 2021|Adoption Grants, Adoption Process|

In this post, Adoption Advisor - Tessa Reagan Vilte shares her experience with grants throughout her personal adoption journey and encouragement and advice for families hoping to secure grants for funding. “Securing grants for our adoption was not easy. In order to receive an adoption grant, you are usually completing long grant applications, and even paying some application fees. For someone going through the adoption process, more paperwork (and more money, without guaranteed success) adds tremendous stress. An advisor like Purl offers a list of active grants you can apply for and qualifications needed for each grant, which saves you a lot of time and energy in your adoption journey.” Click here to learn more about funding your adoption through grants.

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