Adoptive & Family Services of Cookeville > Blog > Adoptive Family Speaking Life for Adoption According to the National Council on Adoption, there are approximately 1.4 million couples waiting to adopt a child in the United States. Yet many women who find...
Adoptive & Family Services of Cookeville > Blog > Adoptive Family Adoption: God’s Plan for Us Andy and I began our adoption story in 2010. We have always had a positive view of adoption due to the fact that Andy was adopted and it has been such a...
Adoptive & Family Services of Cookeville > Blog > Birth Mothers The Effects of Adoption on Biological Children “So what is it like having an adopted sibling?” This question seems strange to me because it feels the exact same as having a biological sister....
Adoptive & Family Services of Cookeville > Blog > Adoptive Family An Adoptee’s Perspective What does it mean to be adopted? If I’ve learned anything over the past two years of my research (I just graduated with my Masters, yay!) and the past 24 years of...
Adoptive & Family Services of Cookeville > Blog > Adoptive Family An Unexpected Journey Adoption will take a family to unexpected places. Fear of the unexpected can be a deterrent for many family’s who consider adoption. Yet, every family that embarks on...
Adoptive & Family Services of Cookeville > Blog > Adoptive Family An Adoptive Mother’s Tale Perhaps nothing can be more uncertain and nerve-racking for prospective adoptive parents than meeting a birth mother. Meeting her can seem overwhelming, but...
