When Ali Marie Watson conceived a child in 2012, she sought to place her baby in adoption. The Paduca, Kentucky, native studied 30 profiles of adoptive couples sent to her by her adoption agency. The ...

My morning routine? It’s not what you might expect. It often starts at my brother’s home, with a cup of coffee in hand and my niece Clara, who is adopted, on my knee. She is a blessing, and the type ...

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Some families are born. Others are built — deliberately, carefully, and with a quiet, enormous, life-changing decision that ...

My husband and I adopted four children within a span of seven years. I distinctly remember the day my oldest turned nine months old. I was rocking her in her nursery when it dawned on me that she had ...