If you are considering adoption as your parenting option, your next step will be to choose a family.
For most mothers, this is the most exciting step. Every agency will have a different process of how a birth mother selects a family, but at Legacy the choice is 100% the birth mother’s.
You and your counselor will discuss the dreams you have for your child and what you would like in a family.
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“Love is unselfishly choosing for another’s highest good.”
-C.S. Lewis
In February, the theme of love is very prevalent. However, the theme of love is prevalent at Legacy all year long. Our birth mothers and birth fathers display love throughout their adoption journey. Placing a child for adoption is an act of selfless love.
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The beautiful adoption story of birth mother, Autumn.
“What lead me to adoption was probably first just being a young mom. I wasn’t financially nor emotionally ready for a baby. I also didn’t want to have a negative relationship with my child. I was in the same boat as my mom and we have a horrible relationship.
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“Success does not lie in results but in efforts. being the best is not so important, doing the best is all that matters.”
When you think of a success story at an adoption agency you probably think of how many placements they had. However, at Legacy a success story does not simply start or stop at a placement.
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Most modern adoptions have some level of openness about them. This can often frighten adoptive families who have not researched or do not understand what open adoption is. We have allowed the media to shape our ideas of adoption but, an open adoption should be the type of relationship an adoptive family desires to share with their child’s birth mother.
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