Have you ever heard found yourself wondering about International Adoption? Is there is a child already born who is waiting for you in another part of ...
Happy Tears
The other night I called for my kids to come kiss me goodnight … it was the three youngest kids (all teenagers) hanging out in the backyard with som...
Adoption STAR Provides a “Team Approach” When Working With Adoptive Parents – Part 2
This blog post is the second (and final) in a series that thoroughly describes the team approach that Adoption STAR utilizes when providing services t...
August is National Immunization Awareness Month
Before August comes to an end, we wanted to share that it is National Immunization Awareness Month. Today, most children in the United States are heal...
Book Review – All About Adoption: How to Deal with Questions of Your Past
Wendy Lane reviews a book entitled All About Adoption: How to Deal with Questions of Your Past This is a review of a book written for preteens and tee...
Lifebook Tips
An adoption Lifebook is a handmade scrapbook and keepsake that chronicles and illustrates a child’s journey to his or her adoptive home. It is used ...
Adoption Myth: Open Adoption is Co-Parenting
My mother often recounts a story from my 2nd birthday party, and I try to hold back my emotions each and every time I hear it. During the party, I [&h...
Letter from a Birth Parent to an Adoptive Parent
Adoption STAR’s Director of Adoption Kathy Crissey relies on her years of adoption experience to write a letter from the perspective of a Birth Pare...
The Wait
Question – “I waited through infertility. I have to wait for our home study to be finished, and then I have to wait for a baby to be placed with [...
Adoption STAR Staff Responses – This Month’s Film Clip
Adoption STAR staff reactions to the latest film clip we watched as a part of our TV/Film clip-viewing project. See our Facebook post on 8/1/14 for mo...