Wherever you’re at on your own path to adoption, it helps to hear from others who have walked through the steps recently. In this webinar, we learn from Lifetime parents, Aaron and Kimberly, who share the story of how they decided to pursue adoption, what they...
The ways we wait for the important things in life depend greatly on how you view the season of waiting you’re moving through. We know that every adoptive parent comes to Lifetime having already been moving through their own waiting—waiting through infertility,...
Lifetime often meets adoptive parents in the middle of their journeys to parenthood, at a crossroad where loss—of a dream, of a child, of a pregnancy—meets the potential for good things ahead through adoption. In this webinar, Lifetime mom, Ally, shares how she...
New adoptive mom, Megan, shares how she went from one of the hardest milestones to one of the happiest, all in a matter of months. In adoption, there’s only so much you can control when it comes to timing. In this family’s story, we hear how Megan moved through...
Hopeful adoptive parents go through so much to prepare for the process to become ready to adopt. What about preparing for life after adoption? It’s important to prepare now for how you’ll share your family’s adoption story as your future child grows...
The blessing of hindsight is a gift for most adoptive parents. While they wait, hopeful adoptive parents often go through seasons of discouragement or wondering if they are still on the right track with their adoption. Once they adopt, most adoptive parents will share...
Waiting to adopt comes with mixed emotions and natural highs and lows. Over one year ago, just days before Mother’s Day, adoptive parents, David and Deanna, anticipated yet another season waiting for a child. Then they got a call from Lifetime about a birth...
Every adoption story is an encouraging help to anyone thinking about or going through the process of adopting a child. And, every adoption story is as unique in the details as the individuals involved. This beautiful testimony of faith through infant loss shows a...
Faith, perseverance, and flexibility are key for anyone called to follow a path to adopt a child. New adoptive parents, Jeff and Christa, speak from the heart about the little details they experienced as they pursued the adoption of their son, becoming...
What would you want to ask another adoptive parent? In this webinar, we met with two adoptive moms who answered audience questions from their personal experiences through their families’ open adoptions. Beth and Heather spoke candidly about waiting to adopt,...
Open adoption can be easily misunderstood, that is until you see it through the lives of actual adoptive families and birth parents who came together through a child’s adoption. In this webinar discover open adoption’s great potential for a close, comfortable...
Most adoptive parents have an idea of what they think their adoption will or “should” look like. That preconceived idea is often changed as an adoption match unfolds and both sides get to know each other, and the circumstances, better. In Kerri’s story, you’ll hear...
Adoptive dads have an important role through the adoption process, and they often have a unique perspective and experience as they move toward their family’s future through adoption. In this special webinar future adoptive moms and dads will appreciate...
Tune in and hear a beautiful story of open adoption, as told by one baby boy’s adoptive mother and birth mom. In this webinar, adoptive mother Heather and birth mother Chloe share their story in order to help others know what open adoption looks like to them....
It’s helpful for future adoptive parents to learn from people who have successfully moved through the adoption process. In this webinar, we met with Lifetime adoptive moms, Toni & Laura, who answered audience questions from their personal experiences with...
Hopeful adoptive parents will be encouraged and motivated hearing adoption expert and adoptive mom Mardie Caldwell share her testimony through miscarriage, infertility, and adoption. Any adoption journey comes with questions, hurdles, and excitement. In this webinar,...
Alan and Rebekah’s adoption story is a classic example of waiting for the right match and how to have a healthy perspective on open adoption. In this adoptive couple’s testimony you’ll learn tips for choosing the right adoption help, how to manage...
Every hopeful adoptive parent will have to decide what preferences, or search criteria, to pursue a child through adoption. The best way to decide how to set those preferences is to learn as much as possible and to be confident that those preferences will lead to an...
When it comes to open adoption, perhaps you’ve heard yourself or another say “I get why open adoption is good, but I’m not sure I could do it.” Understanding and embracing open adoption can feel like different steps, however actual adoption...
In this webinar Lifetime’s director answers the most-asked questions about bringing your baby home through adoption. If you’re hoping to adopt it’s good to prepare for more than getting to a match. In this webinar, inspired by actual questions of...
Waiting to adopt is a topic of question for many adoptive parents, even in the early stages of adoption planning. When you’re longing to add a child to your life, it’s easy to experience mixed emotions while you prepare to begin a path to adoption, or...
When it comes to answering the call to adopt each family’s story is different. Through Ryan and Laura’s adoption story, you’ll discover what it means to follow in faith step by step, and how to let your guard down to receive the help and blessings available when...
As a single adoptive mom, Cynthia’s adoption story will encourage and help anyone thinking about or preparing for adopting a child. Future couples and single parents hoping to adopt will appreciate this new mom’s insights and wisdom through her recent adoption...
Do you dream about the moment you’ll meet the child you’ll adopt? Do you wonder if you’ll have an instant connection to your child’s birth mother or how you’ll get through your nerves as you get to know her? Have you questioned what an...
While every adoption story has its own ups and downs, look for the support and experience of people who have experienced success. You’ll learn more about reaching your personal adoption goals when you seek out positive adoption experiences of people who have...
Tune in and hear adoptive couple Jeremiah and Audra’s adoption story. They were blessed to adopt a baby girl through Lifetime Adoption Center earlier this year. Adoption stories are a great way to learn from other people’s experiences and to be encouraged...
Adoptive couple, Brent & Latonia, share their experience through open adoption and discuss their unique perspective as a transracial family. Find out how this adoptive mom and dad embrace their daughter’s birth mom in a way they never expected, along...
Tune in as we welcome a birth mother to Lifetime’s webinar, in honor of Mother’s Day. Tammy shares her story of open adoption. As a birth mother, adoption advocate, and peer support for pregnant women considering or choosing adoption. Tammy’s...
Many adopting parents wonder what it would be like to talk about adoption as a family, or what it’s like to have children with very different stories within one family. Discover what adoption means to this beautiful family, as told by Laurie, mother of three....
Do you wonder how you KNOW you’re being called to adopt? Do you ask yourself what it feels like to be chosen by a baby’s birth parents to adopt? Have you dreamed of that moment when you meet your child and imagined what it will be like? Summer’s...
Discover Meredith’s heart for her daughter’s adoption story. Meredith and her husband, Scott, have a beautiful open adoption and Meredith has an inspiring friendship and connection with their daughters birth mother. Through this adoption story we explore...
In this webinar, we welcomed Lifetime’s founder, adoptive mom, and acclaimed adoption expert, Mardie Caldwell as a celebration of Adoption Month in November! Get comfy in your pj’s or favorite snuggly sweater to tune in to a Pajama Jam with Mardie. She...
As an adoptive father, Jake shares his side of his family’s story through two open adoptions. You’ll enjoy this unique perspective as he became a father and grew relationships with his children’s birth families. Jake shares personal stories from the...
Some of the most encouraging words and the best adoption advice come from people who have walked through their own stories. In this webinar, Sean and Charlene speak with us about their amazing adoption story. They share how their longing to become parents led them on...
Do you wonder what open adoption could look like for your future family? Is there anything about open adoption that holds you back from embracing the opportunities it could mean for your future as a parent? Maybe you think about what it would be like to have two...
Adoptive dad, Tim shared his family’s adoption story with us along with a unique look at adoption through an adoptive father’s experience. Tim and his wife, Tisha, adopted twice through Lifetime. Through two unique stories, Tim shares his tips and insights...
One of the best ways hopeful adoptive parents can prepare for or be encourages along their path to adoption is to learn from other adoption stories of parents who made it through the process. In this webinar, African American adoptive mom, MaRay, shares the details of...
Hollie is a birth mother who chose adoption for her son nearly 4 years ago. Since then, her life has grown and changed, and she maintains a good relationship with the family she chose for her baby. Find out what open adoption is like through this birth mom’s...
Ryan and Brandi are adoptive parents blessed twice by adoption; once through a U.S. open adoption, and once through an international adoption. Tune in and find out the details they learned through each experience that will help you discern the right path for your...
This adoption story features two African American families coming together for one precious child. You’ll hear the story of how birth mother Adrianne and adoptive parents Cheryl and Doug grew a relationship through open adoption, how they chose adoption in...
Tune in and meet 3 adoptive parents who will answer your adoption questions from their own personal adoption experiences. Get a variety of adoption insights and tips as we gather for a very interactive webinar event. Topics covered in this webinar included: Talking...
In this webinar, we were joined by adoptive mom and Lifetime’s founder Mardie Caldwell. Mardie answered questions about how Lifetime’s program is structured for your personal adoption success. We reserved plenty of time to discuss other questions as well!...
Tonya, along with her mother, Karen, shares her personal adoption story and answers questions about her experience growing up through adoption. As part of Lifetime’s caring staff, Tonya brings a refreshing point of view as a child who was adopted into her...
Are you curious what open adoption could be like through the years after the adoption takes place? Have you thought about what it would be like to keep in touch with the family you chose for your baby or with your child’s birth parents? Tune in for Ashley and...
Your BEST Adoption Resource is Another Adoptive Parent During this webinar, adoptive mom, Della, and her husband, Tony, an African American family, share a fresh perspective through the details of the journey that led them to grow their family through a Lifetime...
Meet the heart of Lifetime Adoption, Mardie Caldwell. From miscarriages and failed fertility treatments, Mardie began a path to parenthood through adoption, leading her to discover the steps you’ll need to find adoption success through an adoption for a...
