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The Search - An Adoptee's Voice

1/21/2013

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Since I can remember I knew I was adopted, I always had so many questions but once I reached eighteen and
found out I could Search for my birthparents I became nervous and scared..I thought what if it dosent go how I 
want it too..and reality is in some cases it dosent. 

Now I am twenty three and married with a child of my own and decided now was the right time for me to do the search. For me it was a wonderfui experience, Cathy personally talked to me and opened my tile reading me some of the answers l had been longing to know for years, she was also able to help me start the Search process, she sent me papers to read about searching for biological parents and talked to me about the possible outcomes and made sure that it was the right time for me to be doing it.

For me the Search was quick and l quickly received a call letting me know that my birth mom wanted to talk to me. The agency and Cathy specifically sent me some paperwork to sign and talked to me about the best ways to approach the situation since l had no idea where to start. ln all l truly believe that even it I had not done the search or if it had been unsuccessful l would have been so happy because l had more information about myself that could benefit me in other ways such as health history and background. To me this was very important and was a wonderful experience. I want to thank the agency and Cathy for helping me to re­connect with my birth parents and get the answers to all my questions you are all wonderful people.

-Stefanie
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The Gift of Annie

12/13/2012

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In January of 2007, we were the biological parents of two girls: one lived with us on earth and the other lived in heaven and would remain “forever 5 ½ years old”. My husband and I had given birth to our first daughter, Molly in 1998 and then again to Clare in 1999. The day Clare was born, we found out that she had a rare genetic disorder and that my husband and I were both carriers of the gene, which meant a 1 in 4 chance of the disorder appearing if we were to have more biological children.

In January of 2005, we lost our dear, Clare and a piece of all of our hearts.

We had always dreamed of having more children. My husband, Chris is 1 of 9 children and I have 4 sisters. The thought of not having multiple children never crossed our minds. We had always considered adoption, but investigated many other avenues: taking a chance and getting pregnant again, egg donors, sperm donors and pre-implantation diagnosis. While we were unsure of what we should do to have another child, the one thing we knew for certain is that a baby was not going to magically appear on our doorstep. If we wanted to have another child, we would have to let the world know. Once we made the decision, it became clear to us that adoption was the avenue we would pursue.

While we had made the choice to adopt, we didn’t know how to go about it. I wrote away to a couple adoption agencies for information and started saying out loud, “we are hoping to adopt a child.” It was during a conversation with some new friends that the name “Child and Parent Services” was mentioned. We decided to make an appointment with Cathy Eisenberg.

Cathy met with us and directed us on how we should proceed. Our social worker, Nancy Hibbert was invaluable and helped us get the paperwork in place and our profile book completed.

While we thought we were great candidates, there were a few items not in our favor. Chris and I were in our early forties, we had suffered the loss of a child and we also had a 9-year-old child at home. Still, I knew we had to risk not getting picked by a birthmother. We never looked back and kept going.

In August of 2007, we returned home from a week up north and there was a phone message on our machine. A birthmother had chosen us and wanted to meet us! In September, we met our awesome birthmother. She and I got to know each other and I hold her very closely in my heart.

On December 6, 2007, our beautiful daughter, Annie was born. Annie has changed our lives. She is almost 5 years old and my husband and I our still look at each other with wonderment that we were given the gift of Annie, to raise her as our child and to love her for life. Annie may never fully understand how special she is to us, nor how she not only mended our broken hearts, but made them fuller, forever.

-Katy W.


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An Adoption Letter from Shannon & Michael

10/9/2012

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Hello,

We are Michael and Shannon and we are so thankful that you are considering adoption, and for thinking of us as possible adoptive parents. We have been together since 2004, and married in 2009. We knew right away that we wanted to start a family. We tried for 1 year naturally to become pregnant, but we were not having any luck. We then went to see a fertility specialist… We did all sorts of treatments for 3 years, and again had no success of becoming pregnant. We were diagnosedwith “Unexplained Infertility.” We were very upset because we wanted a family so badly and felt thatour dreams were shattering right in front of our faces! We thought about the prospect of Adoption, andnow here we are. We’re hoping and praying that our dreams to become parents, will soon come true! The bond does not have to be a biological one, we just want to have a baby, we want to complete our family. We have so much love to give to this wonderful angel!


Though we cannot begin to know all that you may be going through right now, we truly appreciate the
tremendous love and courage it takes for you to travel down the journey of adoption. We hope that by
sharing with you how excited we are to provide a safe, loving and supportive home for your child, will help
you with your decision. We are so honored to be a part of this incredibly personal decision and are so
excited about the prospect of welcoming a child into our family.

We bought our first home in 2008 and we love it here!. The city that we live in has many
amazing activities to do. There is a downtown area that has small shops, cafés and boutiques’. We
frequently see families gathered in the areas, either, shopping, riding their bikes, reading a book outside
at the café or walking their dogs. There are parks just minutes away from our home, a pier that you can
walk on and watch the gorgeous sunrises, water parks and beaches. It is a safe area and a wonderful
place to raise a family.

On a daily basis we enjoy taking out dog on long walks around the neighborhood,spending quality time together discussing our day, cooking nice meals together and
enjoying our lives with one another. We enjoy eating and cooking good food,having friends and family over for BBQ’s, camping trips, going fishing and four
wheeling, having bon fires and heading North to the cabin in the woods! We enjoy a healthy, fun and balanced life. We have an amazing network of family and friends, who offer unconditional love and support. We are lucky to be blessed with wonderful friends and family.

About Shannon:

Shannon grew up in Michigan and graduated in 1999. She has worked in the dental/surgical field for over 14 years and loves her job. She is looking forward to taking on a new role… being a full time mother. She is compassionate, loving, honest and dedicated. She has a warm hearted nature towards everyone that she meets. She makes people laugh, is very organized and makes our home
beautiful.

About Michael:

Mike also grew up in Michigan and graduated from high school and attended college. He worksas an Engineer for a company close to our home. He is a huge sports fan: Football, Baseball and Golf. He enjoys hunting, fishing and being outdoors as often as possible. He is honest, caring, loving and is always smiling. He has a kind heart and enjoys spending time with all of our nieces and nephews as often as possible.

We live our lives in an honest and loving way and look forward to a relationship with you. It feels like “Thank You” isn’t nearly enough for this incredibly tough decision you are making. Though we haven’t met, we respect your compassion and courage. The gift of adoption is the ultimate act of profound love and selflessness. We promise that your baby will be loved, protected, and celebrated. He or She will be surrounded by family and friends who will love them unconditionally. We would be
honored to continue a relationship with you through photos and letters , with the help of the agency.
We will always let your baby know that you are an incredible woman who placed their needs above
those of your own.

Wishing you the best,

Michael & Shannon

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