by afladmin | May 13, 2019 | Adoption, Pregnancy
Each month we will offer a list of action ideas so you can defend, honor, and celebrate Life in your churches and communities on our Take Action page. This month, we are looking at Mother’s and Father’s Day. It’s that time of year, isn’t it? Grocery...
by afladmin | Jan 7, 2019 | Adoption
It was two in the morning when a little round face popped up from the mattress, looked right and left, and then asked, “Umma?” He was ten months old and had already mastered the intonation of a question. It was two in the morning when I patted my little son on the...
by afladmin | Nov 15, 2018 | Adoption
This week’s action idea is related to adoption – most of the time when we think about adoption, we focus on the families who adopt a child, or we celebrate the baby who has been united with a new family. Sometimes we celebrate birth parents who choose life for their...
by afladmin | May 21, 2018 | Adoption
Most adoption stories are one sided. We may hear from the adoptive parents, their struggles to conceive, the frustrating untangling of red tape-laden adoption process, and the joy of meeting their son or daughter for the first time. There are stories that adopted...
by afladmin | Nov 30, 2017 | Adoption
A friend of mine told me a story about her son John. He was the kid that brought home lost animals and begged to keep them. He had a very compassionate and tender heart. One day she was standing near a window at the front of the house when she saw her son walking down...
by afladmin | Nov 22, 2017 | Adoption
As we give thanks this Thanksgiving season, I can’t help but take a look back at the legacy of life in my family and be thankful for it. Ironically, or more likely due to God’s wisdom, November is National Adoption Awareness Month. What an honorable, incredible thing...
