 |
phone: (502) 585-3005 |
|
phone: (502) 585-3005 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|||||||||||||||
Adoptions of Kentucky
401 West Main St. - Suite 1708 Louisville, KY 40202 (502) 585-3005 - office (502) 585-5369 - fax |
 |
Success Stories from Adoptions of KentuckyDear Friends: I am a mom! I became a mom through the miracle of adoption. I say it is a miracle because if it weren’t for the extraordinary choices that the people involved in this process made to help create our family, I would not have been a mom. My husband and I have adopted three babies. Our oldest daughter (now 14 years old) was adopted through the state agency. Our son (now six years old), and our youngest daughter (now three years old) were adopted through Adoptions of Kentucky. All of our adoptions were slightly different because of the personalities involved, but all involved some kind of contact and openness. We felt then and know now that that was what was best for our children. The openness of our adoptions allowed me to witness the birth of two of my children. Watching as they entered the world was truly a wonderful experience. My husband and I were fortunate enough to hold and feed our babies while they were still in the hospital. We were able to bring them directly from the hospital into our home. This was quite a bonding experience for us from the onset. Each of our children’s birth mothers is unique and different, but each is very special to us. We feel the deepest sense of gratitude and appreciation to each of them. Each of the three women chose life for her child, made the difficult decision to place her child for adoption, and each of them grieved in her own unique way for her child. Our hearts were broken for them in their pain, but we will always respect them and are grateful to them for their sacrifice. We were fortunate enough to have the financial resources and emotional security to be able to provide for these children. While I do not consider myself a better mother because of this, I consider myself better prepared to help my children. As a part of thanking the birth mothers of our children, and as a part of helping our children grow, we provide each birth mother with frequent photos and letters (about six times a year). They are welcome to phone us, and at different times we have spent time with each of them and allowed them to see and spend time with our precious children. I must admit that at first we felt anxious, but so did the birth mothers. We can only relate that developing a relationship with a special birth mother takes time, patience and trust. We realize that not all adoptive parents are able to do this, and not all birth parents want or need this. The emotional well-being of our children is better and stronger for the love we are able to show their biological parents. This should aid our children’s life-long process of understanding their adoption, and will make them emotionally stronger adults. We have realized an additional benefit to the openness we have shown to our birthmothers. We have access to birth family medical history. This was so helpful when our youngest child developed serious kidney problems and we needed more medical background information. Of course, with this openness, our children never need to wonder if their birth mothers loved them. They have been told of their love in both word and actions from the birth mothers themselves. As we think back about our life prior to our children, we know we are so blessed to have them, and we know our love has grown so much. We are ordinary people who love our extraordinary children and are trying to do the best possible job raising them. Patti |
 |
|||||||||||||||
|
 |
 |
 |
|||||||||||||||
