Commonwealth Catholic Charities in Richmond, Virginia and Gift of Life Adoptions have a great partnership. For several years, we have been working together to create families through adoption. This wonderful relationship has resulted in several completed adoptions. CCC invited Leah Wild and Roxanne Robertson from Gift of Life to give a presentation to approximately 25 people. Several of these hopeful…
I was at Morton Plant Hospital facilitating a meeting between an adoptive couple and birth mom. The birth mom was a kind, young, African American woman. I had worked with her for only a few months. The couple was Caucasian from the Midwest and had been waiting to complete their family, through adoption, for quite a while. The couple could…
My daughters were 2 and almost 4 years old when they came to us as biological sisters through the foster care system. They wanted to know more about their background but there were gaps I could not fill. I didn’t have much information to offer. Their background seemed to be filled with blank spots that could only be filled with…
My girls did not come to me the way I had expected, but they came to me in God’s perfect time. God blessed me with two beautiful daughters and now I have a granddaughter who is the light of my life. My husband and I were foster parents and our girls came to our home from a developmentally delayed mother…
Hospitals offer a variety of classes to prepare you for the birth of your baby. If you live in Orlando, you can participate in birthing classes offered at the Winnie Palmer Hospital. Although there are many classes, it might be hard to tell which ones would be a good fit, or a comfortable situation, for an adoption minded birth mothers.…
Adoption is our passion at Gift of Life Adoptions and we are excited to announce that we are starting a blog! As an agency we have been facilitating adoptions in Florida for over 20 years and now we are looking forward to discussing adoption in this new format. This blog will cover topics important to everyone involved in the Adoption…