“Adoptive parents often say about adoption day: "It was the happiest day of our lives!" While most of us are happy to be adopted, our own hearts tell us that adoption day was the most painful day of our lives,… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“Then one detail caught my attention. "Time (of birth), 5:57 A.M." Wow! I really was born! I wasn't an alien who was dropped down… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“Listen to your hearts, parents! You are the expert when it comes to knowing your child. I love the Scripture that says we are… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“Because adoption is a lifelong journey, we have a future filled with the potential to learn invaluable lessons. But many of us haven't been… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“You realize you've never walked in another person's shoes. Never have. Never will. The same is true in adoption. There are three sets of… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“It is a celebration of the fact that we were adopted for a purpose and that adoption is an experience that has the potential… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“...they look at adoption through rose-colored glasses, trying to make it a win/win situation for unplanned pregnancies and infertility, never giving a thought about… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“I believe one of the most sacrificial acts of love adoptive parents can do is to give up their preconceptions and agendas about what… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“If we were created from the very fiber of our birth parents' physical and emotional beings, don't you think our need to think about… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“Because our birth mothers made a choice for us that dramatically changed the course of our lives and over which we had no control,… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“Adoptive parents often say about adoption day: "It was the happiest day of our lives!" While most of us are happy to be adopted,… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
“...the advantage of having an unexpected opportunity to successfully grieve our early-life losses; to enjoy healthy relationships; to develop an unshakable sense of self-esteem;… — Sherrie Eldridge Copy Share Image
