Family Quote by Zara Phillips

“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

“I began for the first time to really understand the loss my adoptive mother must have felt from not having her own child. I…

— Zara Phillips

“For me, adoption was grief in reverse.”

— Jody Cantrell Dyer

“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

“My life has been shaped by the decision two people made over 24 years ago. They decided to adopt a child. They got me,…

— Karen Fowler

“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

“In all of us, there is a child that exists while we have our parents. With my mother gone, I feel a sadness for…

— J.L. Witterick

“Adoption is a beautiful, burdensome blessing.”

— Jody Cantrell Dyer

“Makes me see that there might be some sense to having children after all, just so your entire life and all your family’s contributions…

— Eowyn Ivey

“None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family.”

— Meg X

“Yes, I see why we endured infertility and a lengthy adoption process now, but I don’t know all the reasons for all the struggles…

— Ashley Wells

“Adoption is grief in reverse.”

— Jody Cantrell Dyer