Do You Know Your Real Family? Birth Moms, We Want Children to Know You
“Do you know your real family?” At every family Christmas gathering, one of Karla’s cousins would ask her, “Where is your real family? Are they going to send you presents?”…
Heart to Heart Adoption
Six Adoption Fallacies–Birth Mothers Need to Understand
Fallacy Number One: Adoption means I don’t love my baby. Reality: The “unloved” child is such a flawed fallacy. Our experience with hundreds of women at Heart to Heart Adoptions…
The Couple Drove Through the Night and Suddenly Had a Baby.
Twenty hours to pick up a baby. Twenty hours driving home with an empty car seat. The carefully installed car seat constantly reminded them they had been lied to. The…
Miracles for the Brothers
Spring break for the three boys, ages 11, 9, and 6, was going to include National Parks in Southern Utah. This was a trip the family had planned long before…
First Conversation With a Potential Birth Mother Match
"We had never had a birth mother want to talk to us before," Monica said. "That is the most stressful conversation ever. How do you prepare for it? I'm in…
Fourth Time Is a Charm–Finally Our Baby. The One We Should Have
Three failures and then hooray-- On Saturday, June 11, at 6:45 pm, we were having dinner out with friends. My phone rang. Pulling it out, I saw "Darla H2H". "Probably…
Surprise Call Informed Alison She Was a Mom
Two Heart to Heart employees were on the line when Alison picked up her phone. There is a little boy in the NICU needing a family, was the explanation Darla…