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My Choice Blog
My Choice contains both self curated and shared content to help all involved in the adoption process.


Jessika's Story: Open Adoption
2023 has been such a wonderful year here at Choice. We welcomed two new members onto our staff team! We got to celebrate with you at our...
Dec 28, 2023


Emily's Story: An Adoption Journey
We have had so much fun sharing these beautiful adoption stories for National Adoption Month. Today, we're sharing Emily's adoption...
Nov 27, 2023


Our Adoption Story: Chris & Kristen
It's November, and here in the PNW, the last of leaves are playing catch up, turning everything red and gold. It's also National Adoption...
Nov 10, 2023


Adoption Stories: Ask an Adoptee
Meet Courtney Courtney is a Portland native, with a passion for pizza and an artistic appreciation for Adele's latest album (and Taylor...
Nov 17, 2022


Adoption Stories: Baby in a Shoebox
Several months ago we got a call from a man seeking help who had been given a baby in a box. You read that right: A BABY IN A BOX!
Nov 9, 2022


Happy National Adoption Month
Friends, we love November. Big surprise, right? *sips coffee and looks out at the misty PNW gloom...mmm...* When you love Oregon and...
Nov 4, 2022


Choice Adoptions: Meet the Team
Around here, we're kind of obsessed with families finding each other. We are so honored to watch these moments unfold right in front of...
Jul 15, 2022


Adoption in real life and on television - This Is Us, an NBC show, explores the topic of adoption
Does television mirror real life or does real life and culture follow the concepts and ideas presented on TV?
Mar 19, 2021


Black History Month Adoption Stories: Simone Biles
If you have watched Simone Biles compete in the Olympics as a gymnast, it is evident that she is strong.
Feb 25, 2021


Black History Month Adoption Stories: George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was born in slavery in Diamond, Missouri and later adopted by Moses and Susan Carver.
Feb 11, 2021


Adoption is a Fight! Open Adoption From an Adoptive Father's Perspective.
After 1 ½ years of home-study paperwork, meetings, classes, a lot of prayer, and just plain waiting, we finally connected with a birth mom
Jan 21, 2021


Open Adoption: Life is Always Created at the Right Time
An unplanned pregnancy is never a thing to our God.
Life is always created at the right time.
Jan 14, 2021


Then What is it Called When You’re Not Adopted?
Adoption can be really hard and it raises some serious issues for adoptees.
Dec 30, 2020


Last Minute Adoption Placement
It was 9:00 pm on a normal Wednesday night when a Choice Adoptions advocate received a phone call from a young woman named Tara.
Dec 14, 2020


Thanksgiving and Adoption
And at the exact same time, it’s also one of the hardest days for kids (and adults) who have been adopted.
Nov 27, 2020


We are so thankful for you.
No one has ever said adoptions are easy. They're not... especially in 2020.
Nov 25, 2020


Be Still and Know...
Mike and Jessica began their adoption journey with Choice in April of 2017. They knew from the time that they got married that they were cal
Nov 13, 2020


Worth the Wait: An Adoption Story
We had been married for over a decade and had exhausted many treatment options available for having a baby.
Nov 11, 2020


The Gift of Openness in Adoption
My encouragement to the prospective adoptive parents and the pregnant women considering their options is to communicate.
Sep 30, 2020


Adoption. Get Off The List.
Recently I learned about a sweet baby who was born with several medical conditions that his birth mom decided was too much for her to handle
Sep 10, 2020
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