Adoption Journey Quotes

Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives.

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

There's a book called 'The Shack' - it had a lot to do with me coming full circle, meeting my birth mother. Awhile back, my birth mom and my adopted mom came to my show together, and it was pretty surreal.

You may not know it, but I was adopted as a baby by my wonderful parents, Allan and Margaret Atkins of Cumberland Gap, Tenn.

Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.

Through adoption, Americans can forever change not only a child's life but also their own.

It wasn't easy to adopt an American child. Actually it's quite simple, but finding out how to do it was the hard part.

I'm not adopting a baby.

The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids, but they couldn't.

For my 11th birthday, I asked to be adopted.

I think I always knew that I wanted to adopt. It never meant that I didn't want to have my own children - I always felt that if I were in the right circumstances then I would totally have my own children.

Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.

As an adopted kid, it means a lot when I hear women say, 'I don't want kids.' I have a lot of respect for them.

I felt the calling to adopt. You just know in the deepest part of your being that you are meant to find this little soul and guide them through life.

I always knew I would adopt. Always.

I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.

I was adopted when I was a baby. My mother carried me for nine months and she held me for one hour, and didn't see me again.

My family life, my adoption - it could be related to the songs, but I think the songs are deeper than that. They're not just about this experience.

I am adopted, and I am so grateful for my story, and that's what makes me who I am.

When I was 6, I learned where I came from, which was one step removed from the usual circumstances. I was adopted.

I think most children who are adopted ultimately want to meet their biological parents and often do. I think that is an important journey for children who are adopted to go on.

When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.

I'd split up with a boyfriend and gone to Vermont to stare at my navel, and then 9/11 happened, and I spent days being scared of what was happening in the world. So I made a list of all the things I wanted to do, and at the top was adopt a baby. Nine months and two days later, I brought my daughter home.

Adoption was something that was always under my skin, that I knew would be a part of my life, and, when I decided to start filing, it was very clear. It was like I knew that this was exactly what it needed to be. So then you go through the process, and it's tough. It's not the easiest process - and then again, I've never liked things too easy in life. But it emotionally knocks you out.

I've started the adoption process... I really want to be a mommy.