by Rachel Robertson | Nov 18, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
The second after you’ve announced your plans to adopt, friends and family will undoubtedly want to know what type of adoption you want. In the adoption world, there are three different options to choose from: closed, semi-open, or open. Each category offers its own...
by Rachel Robertson | Nov 11, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
You want to have a family of your own. Your doctor has told you that this can’t happen for you and your partner/spouse biologically. Whether through infertility or another medical condition, your dreams of parenthood seem impossible to achieve. Then you are presented...
by Rachel Robertson | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
How do you know when you’re ready for something? Is there a time that is more perfect than another? How will you know? What if you choose wrong? Or worse, miss your chance? If you are wondering whether or not you are ready to adopt, you’ve probably asked yourself one...
by Rachel Robertson | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
At the beginning of the month, we spoke about the importance of mental health awareness. How one in five Americans struggle with some type of mental health condition, and how recovery is possible. Yet, mental health itself isn’t negative. In fact, when we speak about...
by Rachel Robertson | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
There’s something magical about story time. Being held by our parents. Hearing their soothing heartbeat and the inflections of their voice. As they read, the colors, images and shapes leap off the book’s page and come alive. It’s difficult not to swept along for the...
by Rachel Robertson | Oct 14, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
Separation for an infant is not an easy feat. In fact, it can cause him or her to feel greatly distressed or anxious anytime you have to leave them. It doesn’t matter how short or long. The second you lean forward to give someone else a chance to hold them, your child...
by Rachel Robertson | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
It’s no surprise that babies cry a lot. Until they learn to speak, crying is their way of communicating. Groans, whimpers and tears convey when they are hungry or need to have their diapers changed. Also, when they are tired, lonely or upset about something. Any...
by Rachel Robertson | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
Deep down — whether I realized it or not — I knew what my answer would be. I only had to voice it. But doing so made it become more real. That terrified me. For someone who needed to know the details of how to get from Point A to Point B, there were too...
by Rachel Robertson | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
Did I want to meet her? That was a loaded question. I had already cracked Pandora’s Box by the conversation with my mom, talking with my dad over lunch, and exchanging letters. Actually meeting her in person would open Pandora’s Box the rest of the way. Was I ready...
by Rachel Robertson | Sep 23, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
I never thought my wish would become a reality. Really. When I wrote my promise to say thank you to my birth mother in my journal, it was more out of…well, a compilation of emotions, actually. Relief was definitely there. Happiness. Gratefulness, too. All...
