The waiting game due to the coronavirus. When Covid-19 emerged in Korea, the country shut down immediately. Adoptive families had their court dates pushed to later times. The government resumed operations fairly quickly, and Korean citizens worked from home. Adoption paperwork was getting processed but just more slowly than usual. Adoptive families are required to…

On this blog when we interview adoptive families, we typically speak to those who have already gone through the adoption process. A lot of effort goes into adoption that soon fades away once the child or children arrive. We thought it would be helpful for our readers to hear from a family in the midst…

It’s a long, exhausting yet rewarding trek from the Midwest to Beijing, China. Despite the plane flights, security protocol, and jet lag, it’s worth it for adoptive parents like Keely. In the second part of this story, Keely meets her new son Rainer for the first time. Advice for adoptive parents. Be prepared for a…

When Keely Swift first started her journey as an adoptive parent, her hopes were dashed because she didn’t qualify. Thirty-two-year-old Keely Swift is the happy mother and single mom of two children, Esme and Rainer. Even though Keely had a good job as the program consultant for a local nonprofit in West Plains, Missouri, and…

“Adoption was always on our radar,” Michelle Cobban told us. “Shane and I talked about it often, and I grew up in a large family and always wanted a large family myself. We have been involved with enough different organizations that our kids also have had a heart for adoption. So through the years, adoption…