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Get Over Yourself: It’s Not About You
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 11/10/11
Continuing with the feel-good series of the year, and this time we are going to focus on your flaws. Yep, you are not perfect. I’ll let you digest that for a moment. Have you swallowed your pride and decided to read on? Good for you, perhaps we can move forward. You see, many adoptive families [...]
Topics: Adoption Procedures | Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Matching
It’s Not About You
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 11/3/11
Happy Adoption Month! I know, the title seems sort of harsh, right? Not exactly what you were expecting for celebrating the way you become a family? Here’s the thing, in order to really celebrate how awesome adoption is, the focus has to be properly placed. Adoptive parents go through a lot, many have issues with [...]
Topics: Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Matching | Open Adoption
While You Wait Some More
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 8/25/11
So, now you know what we think you should do, now let’s hear what we think you shouldn’t do. Let’s face it, waiting makes you crazy. Some of us were crazy to begin with, and this just focuses the crazy. Others were not crazy (or thought they weren’t anyway) and the wait brings out the [...]
Topics: Adoption Procedures | Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Matching
While You Wait
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 8/11/11
So, you’ve made it through the homestudy process (not nearly as scary as you thought, just LOTS of paperwork) and made a fantastic profile that showcases your family in the best possible light. Your agency, attorney, facilitator, referral service has the profile and is showing it to prospective birth parents. What do you do [...]
Topics: Adoptive Families | Matching
Barcode Babies: National Infertility Awareness Week Myth Bust
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 4/28/11
Myth: There are Many Unwanted Babies Available for Domestic Adoption National Infertility Awareness Week is April 24-30. As a majority of the families who become clients of A Gift of Hope Adoptions have some degree of infertility, we are proud to celebrate their arrival as parents through adoption. However, this celebration never comes without a [...]
Topics: Adoption Research | Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Birth Parents | Events | Matching
Social Marketing
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 2/3/11
A Gift of Hope Adoptions is always trying to keep up with the latest trends and techniques in social media and marketing while still protecting the privacy of our clients. It can be a fine line, as particularly for adoptive parents exposure to potential birth parents is crucial but it must be countered with protection [...]
