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My Choice Blog
My Choice contains both self curated and shared content to help all involved in the adoption process.
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
Meet the Staff: Lauren LaStrapes
Today on the blog, we're getting to know our Adoption Specialist, Lauren LaStrapes! If you've ever called Choice with questions about...
Apr 12, 2023
Hi, We're Choice Adoptions!
Choice Adoptions is a private adoption agency here to support those with unexpected pregnancies, adoptive parents on their adoption journey!
May 6, 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
Oregon Small Business Gives to Support Adoption and Children
In 2004 Ryan and Sherrie Whipple ventured out to create their own business; a painting company.
Dec 9, 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
5 Questions You Can Ask Yourself to Keep a Child Out of Foster Care
Too many children are neglected and abused in America and end up in foster care. Our society is broken...
Nov 2, 2020
Adoption Always Works Out Perfectly The First Time, Right?
The perfect family picture. A family sitting on the grass with perfect lighting. Everyone is smiling and everyone is happy, right?
Oct 22, 2020
Caring for Birth Parents is Part of Adoption: Stop Separating the Two.
As a waiting family, we get all sorts of opinions and comments about our decision to adopt. Some are supportive...
Oct 14, 2020
Transracial Adoption Is So Powerful: The Gift Of Openness In Adoption, Part Two
Adoption. AD-option. This is all I could hear in my mind the day I found out I was pregnant for the second time.
Oct 7, 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
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