1. “To adopt a child is a great work of love. When it is done, much is given, but much is also received. It is a true exchange of gifts.”
2. “Love begins by taking care of the closest ones—the ones at home”
3. “God knew that it doesn’t matter how your children get to your family. It just matters that they got there.”
4. “Anyone who doesn’t have experience with adoption wonders, ‘Does love for a child come through DNA?’ I knew it didn’t.”
5. “A child born to another woman calls me mom. The depth of the tragedy and the magnitude of the privilege are not lost on me.”
6. “Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle.”
7. “We always wanted to adopt, and when the opportunity opened up, we did it to help change a child’s life.”
8. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.”
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9. “Family isn’t defined only by last names or blood; it’s defined by commitment and by love”
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10. “I was adopted legally around age three, but it’s not like this thing I think about when I wake up every day. I was adopted by my foster parents, so I was comfortable with them. I wasn’t in this alien place.”
11. “Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.”
12. “We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life to this child.”
13. “By choice, we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being. Great expectations are good; great experiences are better.”
14. “Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow”
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15. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
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16. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
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17. “Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone. But still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, you didn’t grow under my heart but in it.”
18. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?”
19. “There is no friendship, and no love, like that of the parent for the child.”
20. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.”
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21. “I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love”
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22. “Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you.”
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23. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
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24. “Adoption is complicated, but it is also rich with narratives of strength.”
25. “Making the decision to have a child – it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart walking around outside your body.”
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26. “An aware parent loves all children he or she interacts with – for you are a caretaker for those moments in time.”
27. “Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them.”
28. “Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.”
29. “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have”
30. “With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.”
31. “There is always need for good foster parents, people who have room in their homes, the openhearted people.”
32. “The circumstances surrounding your birth are not as important as the opportunity to live.”
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33. “There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth.”
34. “The heart of a volunteer is not measured in size, but by the depth of the commitment to make a difference in the lives of others”
35. “The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.”
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36. “Through us, the power of each child’s story has the opportunity to change our world.”
37. “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”
38. “Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.”
39. “Passionate jealousy is not a good foster-parent for prudence.”
40. “What makes a family is neither the absence of tragedy nor the ability to hide from misfortune, but the courage to overcome it and, from that broken past, write a new beginning.”
41. “All kids need is a little love, a little hope, and someone who believes in them.”
42. “One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to be one.”
43. “You don’t have to give birth to someone to be family. We’re all family – extended family.”
44. “What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.”
45. “When children become actively involved in showing compassion to others, they learn about this value in a very deep and meaningful way.”
46. “Sometimes our work as caregivers is not for the faint of heart. But, you will never know what you are made of until you step into the fire. Step bravely!”
47. “You might be temporary in their lives, they might be temporary in yours. But there is nothing temporary about the love or the lesson.”
48. “Being a parent wasn’t just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.”
49. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
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50. “[Adoption] carries the added dimension of connection not only to your own tribe but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties, and family. It is the larger embrace.”
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51. “Fostering is not about us. It never was and never will be. Foster care is about serving, loving on others, and being the one constant in a child’s life when they are going through a really hard time.”
52. “Unconditional love is not based on the performance of the receiver, but on the character of the giver.”
53. “Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can possibly be.”
54. “We do not need to know the beginning of a child’s story to change the ending.”
55. “Somehow, destiny comes into play. These children end up with you, and you end up with them. It’s something quite magical.”
56. “Wyatt [my adopted son] is definitely all mine. Little souls find their way to you whether they’re from your womb or someone else’s.”
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57. “When I have a family someday, I’ll probably adopt. Adoption has always been something close to my heart. There are so many kids out there who really need a family.”
58. “The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
59. “People grow when they are loved well. If you want to help others heal, love them without an agenda.”
60. “A child born to another woman calls me mommy. The magnitude of that tragedy and the depth of that privilege are not lost on me.”
61. “When people tell me how lucky my children are, I offer a reply that upholds the girls’ dignity while acknowledging the complicated truth. ‘No,’ I say, ‘we are all blessed to have found each other.’”
62. “Adopting an older child is a journey, a developing relationship, and a wonder to behold!”
63. “It’s important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued.”
64. “Belonging to a family is a natural and vital component of life, and every child deserves to be a member of a loving and nurturing family.”
65. “Adoption was a bumpy ride – very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.”
66. “It takes a lot to become a foster parent.”
67. “Adoption is not about finding children for families, its about finding families for children.”
68. “We live in a world in we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”
69. “Your greatest contribution to the kingdom of God may not be something you do but someone you raise.”
70. “The greatest gift you and I have been given is love. While there are many forms of love, the strongest one, and most important for a foster child, is that of unconditional love.”
71. “My friends, adoption is redemption. It’s costly, exhausting, expensive, and outrageous. Buying back lives costs so much. When God set out to redeem us, it killed him.”
72. “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
73. “Whether your children are yours through biology or adoption, they are yours through love.”
74. “If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business.”
75. “The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.”
76. “Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters.”
77. “It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and sons”
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78. “The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.”
79. “Too many children in foster care are falling through the cracks. Be a hero, take the time to learn about adoption today.”
80. “I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old.”
