Adoptive parents Quote by Sherrie Eldridge

“Adoption is a lifelong journey. It means different things to me at different times. Sometimes it is just a part of who I am.…

— Kelly DiBenedetto

“What I wasn't prepared for was the realization that an adopted person is always an adopted person and that there will always be passages…

— Zara Phillips

“Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience.”

— DaShanne Stokes

“I journeyed alone for almost ten years before I found home. Adoptions are like very delicate gardening with transplants and grafts. Mine took hold,…

— Ashley Rhodes-Courter

I have been blessed with a family, mother especially, who started buying me fancy shoes from the time I took baby steps.

— Madhura Naik

I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'

— Mariska Hargitay

The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids,…

— Marcus Samuelsson

Everything seems to take on a new meaning when you become a parent and you put yourself in the shoes of the parent, not…

— Linda Cardellini

“Adoption. A realized fantasy of your parents not really being your parents. Your genes could thrust one arm in the air and pump up…

— Lorrie Moore

“I began to read everything I could find on adoption. It amazes me that, prior to starting therapy, I had never done it. I…

— Zara Phillips

Adoption is an answer to a tragedy that has already happened, but may it never be the impetus for one that hasn’t.

— Jen Hatmaker

“By adopting, I was not a full-fledged mother in their eyes. I hadn't paid the price of pregnancy, hadn't earned the badge of labor…

— Jana Wolff