Cindy was joined by her sister on the most special occasion – Placement Day! This photo was taken on Dec. 21, 2012 with the birth mother, birth father and the birth mother’s mom. Ella was 7 days old.

Single mom Cindy will never forget the Christmas of 2012.  Her newborn daughter was placed with her for adoption just four days before Christmas. “The fact that Santa brought me a stork for Christmas was the best gift of all,” said Cindy , who herself is adopted. Cindy’s sister, Janet, joined her at the office on placement day to meet Ella. “No matter the journey, the waiting process is the most difficult to manage,” Cindy explained.  Cindy, an advocate for open adoption, looks forward to having a relationship with the birth family.

A big thank you to Cindy and baby Ella for allowing us to tell the story of their family!

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Alexis, now age 12, Meghan 10, and Savannah 6, all share the same last name but each has a different biological mother and father.  Their parents, Steve and Beth, used adoption through A Child’s Hope to help them grow a family.

“The girls are as close as sisters can be,” said Dad Steve, who stayed home with all three until returning to work full time last year.  They each know they were adopted and each have different birth parents, but except for the fact that they all three share different biology, they are sisters.”

Alexis was on hand to greet each of her new siblings when they were newborn. Each adoptive placement was a family affair.  Alexis first in 2000, then her sister Meghan in 2002, and their sister Savannah in 2006!

A Big thank you to Steve, Beth, Alexis, Meghan and Savannah for allowing us to tell the story of their family!!!

Do you have a story you’d like to tell?  Email us at blog.ach@foryourlife.com.  Visit us at www.AChildsHope.com, or call our Birth Mother Hotline at 1-877-890-HOPE (4976) so one of our adoption counselors can answer your questions confidentially.

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Are you waiting or past placed family with A Child’s Hope? If you would like to be a part of a support group for waiting parents and for birth parents we invite you to join us at our upcoming 2013 organizational meeting!

Hopeful Parents was started in 2001 as a support group for waiting adoptive parents, past placed parents and birth mothers.

Waiting to adopt can be stressful, but support through others waiting and those who have adopted is a great way to deal with the stress!  When the group first started, activities were limited to an annual Holiday Celebration held in November, National Adoption Month, and for those families that had adopted that year lead a swearing in and adoption oath.. There were quarterly grab bag showers or “celebrations” for those who had placed in the last four months,  and there was a spring fund raiser which was a tea, featuring all babies and their mothers from the last year. For awhile the tea was held at the home of Parker Herring, and then tea was moved to a historic home in Raleigh.

In 2004, one of the placed adoptive families asked for help in forming the group as a nonprofit and in that year the first slate of officers were elected and programs were held every year through 2012. In November 2012, the officers of Hopeful Parents asked that they be relieved of their positions so they could form another group, NC Adoptive Families.  This group is for families who have adopted and live in NC and plan to have play dates for kids as well as support meeting for parents.

Over the years in Hopeful Parents there has been other activities including: gift bags for birth mothers at the hospital; a birth mother fund, an annual CPR class, and a maternity clothes closet in addition, each year there was either a “Cookies with Santa” or “Potluck with Santa.”

There is interest in the existing non-profit Hopeful Parents being revived in a version of what existed before, and the most interest has been expressed on a monthly support group for waiting families and other ways to support those waiting.

PLEASE CHECK HOPEFUL PARENTS & A CHILD’S HOPE FACEBOOK PAGES FOR DATE AND TIME.

Large families, zip lines, and snuggly puppies!  That’s what life is like with Katy and Michael – along with sci-fi/fantasy books and movies and the Big Bang Theory on TV.

Katy is a special education teacher, and Michael is a mechanical engineer who loves to take things apart to see how they work.  Time for a baby to share the fun! They long for the day when they can introduce their adopted baby to their niece Ella and do all the fun things they like to do, from playing football and ultimate Frisbee in the back yard, hikes through the woods, read lots of books, and eating hot dogs while watching a baseball game. They have so many fun things in store for the child they’re hoping to adopt soon!

A Big thank you to Michael and Katy for allowing us to tell their story!

Do you have a story you’d like to tell?  Email us at blog.ach@foryourlife.com.  Visit us at www.AChildsHope.com, or call our Birth Mother Hotline at 1-877-890-HOPE (4976) so one of our adoption counselors can answer your questions confidentially.

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Hunter almost blew his first date with Laura when he was late on their first date, but he finally made it, and neither one of them ever wanted the night to end!  Hunter and Laura’s friends had been trying to set them up for months, but Hunter got impatient and took matters into his own hands and called Laura. After talking for several hours, SHE asked him out!

When their dogs met the next day and became best friends, the handwriting was in the cards, and their friendship grew into marriage in 2008.  They walked down the aisle to “Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles instead of the traditional wedding march – that is how they roll!

Now they like to fish at the beach and work and play in their 10-acre back yard.  They are waiting to adopt a boy or girl to share the fun!

A Big thank you to Hunter and Laura  for allowing us to tell the story of their family!  You can also visit their Facebook page at: http://on.fb.me/SDPkoa

Do you have a story you’d like to tell?  Email us at blog.ach@foryourlife.com.  Visit us at www.AChildsHope.com, or call our Birth Mother Hotline at 1-877-890-HOPE (4976) so one of our adoption counselors can answer your questions confidentially.

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Rob and Emily both work in health care. Emily is a nurse who works three days a week – a great schedule for raising kids! And Rob is a graduate student in radiology.

They have a large, extended family that lives close, so there are lots of family get-togethers and vacations. Rob and Emily are an active couple who enjoy traveling, fishing, hiking, and just spending time outdoors with their chocolate lab, Bailey! They are living their dream and want a child to share it with.

A Big thank you to Rob & Emily for allowing us to tell their story!

Do you have a story you’d like to tell? Email us at blog.ach@foryourlife.com. Visit us at www.AChildsHope.com, or call our Birth Mother Hotline at 1-877-890-HOPE (4976) so one of our adoption counselors can answer your questions confidentially.

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