by beanstalk | Nov 4, 2024 | Adoption, Blog
Michael and Sarah Hanf’s adoption journey is a powerful testament to the importance of openness in adoption. Their path, like many who pursue adoption, was filled with both hope and heartbreak. When the Hanfs first reached out to LFCS, they were navigating the...
by beanstalk | Jul 11, 2023 | Adoption, Blog
Previous Next The journey of adoption is filled with emotions, struggles, and beauty. From potential adoptive parents to birth parents to adoptees, everyone involved understands it is an incredibly sensitive process. For this reason, it can be difficult for anyone...
by beanstalk | Nov 20, 2017 | Adoption, Blog, Parenting
Fear of the unknown is difficult in any situation, but in adoption it is a lifelong fear. Larry and Jennifer have experienced this fear in many aspects along their adoption journey. The couple has adopted two boys as infants through LFCS. The drastic differences...
by beanstalk | Jan 9, 2017 | Adoption, Blog, Parenting
Open adoptions are becoming more and more common. Even though both birth parents and adoptive parents may enter an open adoption willingly, there may be underlying fears that need to be addressed. We asked one of our adoptive mothers to weigh in on the issue. Here...
by beanstalk | Nov 4, 2016 | Adoption, Blog
Our adoption journey began in 2005, after we attended an LFCS adoption workshop. In time, we made a plan to adopt a baby from China and LFCS provided our home study. But as wait times grew to unprecedented lengths to adopt from China, we were inspired by friends who...