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Featured Purl Team Member – Director of Graphic Design

BPetersonDesign2022-04-05T14:03:39-07:00September 28, 2018|Uncategorized|

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.

Adoption Glossary

BPetersonDesign2023-07-19T15:51:13-07:00September 13, 2018|Adoption Education|

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.

Reflections of a Birth Mom

BPetersonDesign2022-04-01T17:27:32-07:00September 9, 2018|Adoption Education, Adoption Perspectives, Domestic infant adoption, Open Adoption (Learn)|

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.

The Adoption Tax Credit

BPetersonDesign2022-04-01T17:28:27-07:00June 20, 2018|Adoption Education, Funding Your Adoption, Hoping to Adopt|

If you have adopted a child or are considering it, you may already know about the Adoption Tax Credit. The credit, which has been part of federal tax law since 1997, allows adoptive families to defray some of the costs incurred when they grow their families through adoption. It has helped bring together hundreds of thousands of families, many of whom would not have been able to grow their families through adoption without it.

What is Adoption Outreach and Should We Be Utilizing It?

BPetersonDesign2023-07-19T15:50:16-07:00June 1, 2018|Adoption Advisor, Adoption Education, Adoption Outreach, Adoption Process, Adoption Profile, Domestic infant adoption, Hoping to Adopt|

Adoption outreach refers to all of the different steps a prospective adoptive family can take to find and be found by expectant parents considering an adoption plan for their child. It can range from just telling friends and family to spread the word, to leveraging various social media platforms, to paid advertising.

An Adoptive Parent’s Labor

BPetersonDesign2023-07-19T15:36:20-07:00May 1, 2018|Adoption Advisor, Adoption Education, Adoption is Hard, Adoption Perspectives, Domestic infant adoption|

Two sweet Purl families are currently matched with expectant mothers due in the next days and months. It is such an exciting time, but they now must endure the difficult wait that comes with adoption. It brings back lots of memories for me personally of our journey to become parents. I still remember telling one of my friends that my husband and I were going to stop the infertility treatments for awhile and begin the adoption process, and her response: "Well, at least you aren't going to have to go through labor to have your baby". At the time, I didn't think much of the comment, and probably even nodded in agreement. Little did I know, my version of "labor" was going to last over 72 hours, and the first time I experienced that labor, I would be leaving a hospital without a baby.

Why Hire An Adoption Advisor?

BPetersonDesign2023-07-19T15:09:00-07:00March 22, 2018|Adoption Advisor, Adoption Education, Adoption is Hard, Adoption Outreach, Adoption Process, Adoption Profile, Domestic infant adoption, Drug/Alcohol Exposure, Funding Your Adoption, Hoping to Adopt, Open Adoption (Learn), Transracial Adoption (Learn)|

Adopting a baby is wonderful, awesome, fulfilling experience, but it can also be very HARD! The process itself can be intimidating, and most don’t know where to begin once they make the decision to grow their family through Because of this, we believe that the most efficient, safest and least lonely way to adopt is by utilizing an adoption advisor for your adoption. We hold your hand throughout the adoption process.

Featured Family – Jay and Jenny

BPetersonDesign2023-06-05T09:49:40-07:00February 18, 2018|Adoption Grants, We've Adopted!|

We are so thrilled to feature another Purl family, Jay & Jenny! This sweet couple cannot wait to add to their family through adoption! Jay & Jenny were friends in college that reconnected years later through friends at a baseball game and fell in love! Jay & Jenny's favorite things to do together are swim, hike, watch movies, cook, ride bikes and play games.

An Aspiring Young Photographer and Adoptee’s Story

BPetersonDesign2022-04-01T17:32:42-07:00February 15, 2018|Adoption Education, Adoption is Hard, Adoption Perspectives|

Caleb Busak is a talented, aspiring young photographer who was adopted from South Korea as an infant. Today he shares his adoption story, of growing with a different ethnicity than his parents and his community. HIs shares his struggles with the concept of adoption, but also tells of his deep love and respect for his adoptive parents who have given him so much love and so many opportunities. We hope you enjoy his story, as well as the beautiful photos he has taken that are featured here.

Tandem: The Personal Adoption Story of Adoptive Mom, Author and Adoption Professional

BPetersonDesign2022-04-05T13:31:14-07:00February 8, 2018|Adoption Education, Adoption Perspectives|

Our adoption story started 10 years ago on an old country road. That nudge towards adoption landed us in rural Wisconsin 5 years later-holding our newborn baby girl. Then, three years ago I went to bed after singing “Baby Beluga” and reading “God Found Us You” to our adopted beauty, Annika. That night I had a dream that woke me and catapulted me into writing a book. At 3:00am I shuffled into the back room in our house, opened my computer and started writing.

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