Adoption STAR’s Director of Adoption Kathy Crissey shares a piece of beautiful poetry that would never have been written without an adult daughter a...
Placing a Child for Adoption
Two different perspectives on making the decision to place a child for adoption – a birth mother offers one perspective while a birth grandmother of...
July 1st – It Was Written in the Stars
In less than a handful of cases in the past 14 years Adoption STAR has experienced informing a family that the birth parent(s) have revoked their surr...
Open Adoption: One Birthmother’s Story
Janet Menke is a birthmother to a son in an open adoption. She is married to Greg, the birthfather, and lives with their daughter just outside of Balt...
Torie’s Story
CEO & founder Michele Fried shares the story of a birth mother and her husband who had to navigate difficult emotional challenges when they place...
How One Birth Mother Copes with the Holidays – Brandy’s Story
Often, birth parents struggle with difficult and challenging feelings during the holiday season. Brandy, a birth mother, shares some coping strategies...
Religious Faith Statement
As we celebrate during this year’s holiday season, we consider religion’s part in the adoption process. Did you know that birth parents ar...
A Portrait of Open Adoption
In this two part blog post, Adoptive Parent Mentor Sue Reardon gives us a glimpse into the Open Adoption she shares with her children’s Birth Mo...
Meeting Janice
Adoption STAR Founder & CEO Michele Fried recounts the painful story a birth mother who had been raped and then placed her baby for adoption. She...
Carmela meets the adoptive family
Many people are apprehensive about meeting new people. Prospective adoptive parents are nervous wrecks when it comes to meeting the birth mother of th...