I don’t know anyone who remembers meeting their parents when they were a baby so i’m just like everybody else. -Zoey (100% Real)

Justification has so dominated the landscape of Christian thought that adoption has been marginalized. We don’t hear much about our adoption at all. We hear a lot about forgiveness, but very little about the staggering...

My grandmother got approved right before the law changed, so naturally she got grandfathered in. In related news, but completely unrelated, I was adopted.

Adoption is a wonderful way of becoming a family. If being a biological parent is any better or more rewarding than being an adoptive parent, I really don’t think I could stand it!

I’m ready for the day when Mom loves me too much to keep me, and for every other person who will someday see that I’m not worth holding on to.

Universities have made impressive progress in combating piracy of music and movies through educational efforts, technical controls, and the adoption of legitimate online services. At the same time, we in higher education must expand the...

I never wanted to find my birth parents – if one set of parents felt like a misfortune, two sets would be self-destructive…I had no idea that you could like your parents or that they...

Women are like trees, growing slowly over time. So many rings creating layers of maturity as their branches spread and reach out to the sky. Motherhood prunes those branches. Sometimes it prunes them back hard...

Ultimately this is about enabling mainstream adoption of user experience within both business and end-user applications, resulting in richer differentiated experiences on the web and the smart client that promote business opportunity and productivity

I reached down and picked up a baseball bat at my feet and I flung it as hard as it could. It circled and arced high in the air until it slammed against the side...

You are real! Everyone has to be different or the world would be really boring. If we all looked the same, then no one could tell us apart. -Janelle

A world so hateful, some would rather die, than be who they are.

I can take care of myself, but I can’t take care of myself and a child. I’ve decided to give myself up for adoption.

Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had...

Listen to your hearts, parents! You are the expert when it comes to knowing your child. I love the Scripture that says we are to let the peace of God rule in our hearts…In other...

What would it be like to feel so attached, so intrinsically bonded, so protective of one’s own best connection with time and the ages, of generations past and future, of another human life, of their...

The baby explodes into an unknown world that is only knowable through some kind of a story – of course that is how we all live, it’s the narrative of our lives, but adoption drops...

My life has been shaped by the decision two people made over 24 years ago. They decided to adopt a child. They got me, and I got a chance at the kind of life all...

Predestination therefore, as it regards the thing itself, is the Decree of the good pleasure of God in Christ, by which He resolved within Himself from all eternity, to justify, adopt, and endow with everlasting...

The word, ‘issues,’ is perhaps a misnomer, a gross understatement, or a pale and withered description for very real psychological illnesses and emotional losses. Nevertheless, “post-adoption issues” is a catch-all phrase, and at least it...

No one had any doubt they would reach 1 million (downloads). But I think the speed of adoption is ahead of expectations. It’s a good sign for Apple, and its strategy.

Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.

I took my menial life for granted until it became clear, why my early years resulted in a lack of adoption.- J.D. Stroube (Rival: Prelude to the Mirage Chronicles.)

Destiny is not always preordained. Life is about making choices. Our lives are the sum of all the choices we make, the bridges we cross, and the ones we burn. Our souls cast long shadows...

I believe one of the most sacrificial acts of love adoptive parents can do is to give up their preconceptions and agendas about what their child’s views “should” be and be open to hear the...

Blood can help make family, but family often transcends blood.

Think Adoption First is the right thing to do, and we are absolutely committed to making this work, to the benefit of adoptable animals and our community animal welfare partners.

And even though I adore the fact that Francesca has Ben’s eyes, I also see now that her biological connection to us is irrelevant. She is her own little person. She is Francesca. If we...

It is only by maintaining the current law and making it the norm that adoption takes place by married couples and stability for an adopted child can be achieved.

That so many thousands of children around the world are available for adoption is a sign of our impoverished humanity. That so many persons around the world open their hearts and homes each year to...

The adoption rate of RFID technology has been hindered by both the large capital outlays and the significant operational expenses that suppliers must incur to meet the RFID compliance standards set by their largest customers,...

YOU AND YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN HAPPINESS, NOT ANYONE ELSE

…for I am the Lord, who heals you.” (from Under His Wings: Healing Truth for Adoptees of All Ages)

Instead of wholesale adoption, we are seeing at most experimentation. Worldwide farmers have good reason to be wary.

Adoption is the most intentional process on Earth.

Even with the adoption of this IAEA resolution, it is the belief of most of the members there that a diplomatic solution is the way out within the framework of the IAEA.

People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it’s not being in loving homes that hurts children most.

We could adopt. there are lots of kids out there who could grow up to hate us as much as any kid we could make

I was trying to talk reason, to try and have a two-way conversation. She considered an adoption but then quickly stopped listening.

She wasn’t tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.

This issue of the Internet or Internet-based services being less reliable is disappearing. We did not find that this was a barrier to adoption of IP services.

The secretary-general warmly welcomes the adoption by the parliament of France of a levy on airline tickets issued locally that will benefit the health sector of developing countries.

Worldwide enterprise wireless e-mail adoption has only begun to scratch the surface, just as a fraction of the hundreds of millions of corporate e-mail seats that have mobile access in the world is approaching two...

Moses needed to learn that God was Jehovah-tsidkenu—the One who is righteous and the source of true acceptance. The staff was symbolic of Moses’ life. God was asking him to let go of it—to give...

You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit.

Adoption is a beautiful, burdensome blessing.

I wish to be buried in Ireland, the country of my adoption a country which I loved, which I have dutifully served, and for which I believe I have sacrificed my life.

Adoption isn’t just a childhood experience, it’s a life-long experience.

Every November on National Adoption Day, courts set aside time to finalize adoptions from foster care that might otherwise be delayed for months, and communities celebrate adoption with retreats, proclamations, and other events. National Adoption...

Some adventures should never be repeated.