Adoption Hacks

Adoption Airfare provides discounted flights and travel assistance to anyone who is traveling for adoption, missions, a heritage journey or orphan care. They are quick to assist their clients, which is especially helpful with last minute or flexible travel needs. Adoption Airfare is a staple in this community and has been serving families for years. Kandace interviews Adoption Airfare owner Tabitha Lovell to hear her heart for this company and how they are helping families. If need have adoption travel needs, be sure to check this out!

Brittany Wermager joins us again this season to walk us her through China Adoption.  This is the most comprehensive account of Chinese adoption you can find. Brittany has so many details regarding timelines and travel as she shares what her personal experience was like. We discuss how much information you receive about your child, how medical updates work and what questions to ask. 

Brittany Wermager joins us again this season to walk us her through China Adoption.  This is the most comprehensive account of Chinese adoption you can find. Brittany has so many details regarding timelines and travel as she shares what her personal experience was like. We discuss how much information you receive about your child, how medical updates work and what questions to ask. 

After 3 biological children, Angel Bellante adopted 2 children from China. We discuss talking to children in your home about adoption, whether or not to include them in the decision and how to handle transition. Angel shares how adoption has developed empathy, compassion and adaptability in their whole family.

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"My Yes is So Little Compared to How It Could Affect A Child's Entire Life"

This is part 2 of Ashlee Peters Foster Care journey. In this episode we dive into, discussing heavy topics like foster care and birth parents with your children and leading the way in foster care/adoption in your community. Ashlee also shares extensively about when you are on the fence about foster care, dealing with the fear and negative emotions and the power of saying yes even amidst the negative emotions. 

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The All Consuming Nature of Foster Care and Why Ashlee Peters Says the Yes is 100% Worth It. 

Foster Mom Ashlee Peters, shares her foster care journey in Southern California. We discuss being on the same page as your spouse, extensive visitations and birth parent empathy. Ashlee describes foster care as being all consuming and yet 100% worth everything you give. 

Christa Jordan has a degree in social work, a love for adoption/foster care and is an adoptive mom. While sharing with others about adoption, she realized there was a huge need for potential adoptive/foster families: a place where families could see all types of adoption laid out in front of them. So Christa created a workbook called "Before You Adopt". This workbook prompts readers to discover what avenue of adoption is right for them and creates conversations between families. It addresses expectations, the specifics of each type of adoption, and how to find the right agency for you. 

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Shanna Littleton has adopted 5 children from the Ukraine! In this episode she shares a little about each of those experiences, her daughters story of being held hostage by Russian Separatists and advise for families considering Ukrainian adoption! 

Brittany Wermager is back with us this episode to tell us what is was like for her family as they started an adoption process after grieving the loss of their son Isaac. We talk about knowing when you are ready, dealing with pushback from others and working through readiness with your adoption agency. Brittany also beautifully shares about keeping Isaac in their lives and memories without constantly facing the pain and if she was able to relate more deeply to her son adopted from China through the trauma. Grief is apart of every adoption story in one way or another, so this is an incredibly helpful episode to understand grief and how it relates to adoption. 

Kandace interviews Brittany Wermager about going through the adoption process after experiencing grief in your life.  In part 1 of this 2 part episode, Brittany shares very openly her story of losing her precious son Isaac at birth. Brittany puts words to feelings of grief that many have experienced and gives the practical ways she processed her grief and PTSD. If you have experienced a loss, miscarriage or infertility and are considering adoption, this will be an empowering episode and help you determine if you are ready.