Celebrating an Adoption Story

Last week I got an email from a girlfriend who, through friends, knew of a little girl that was set up for a private adoption.  However, when the young mother delivered Emma the adoptive parents stepped down when it was discovered baby Emma had Downs Syndrome.  Emma needed a new family within the week before she became a ward of the state.  I sent the info on to friends that I thought might take interest in baby Emma.  

One of our BabysitEase moms, herself an adoptive parent & and marketing dynamo, Sara Specter, shared baby Emma's story with people who were well connected in the adoption community & had plenty of resources to come alongside anyone in the adoption process.  Long story short, Emma is moving to Wisconsin for a family that's excited to have her.  And Sara continues on, bringing happy endings- not just to her story or baby Emma's, but to many families in our community.

Sarah leads the marketing function for Celebrate Adoption and if you would like to find out more about the organization then consider the following upcoming event.  Celebrate Adoption’s 2012 Transracial / Transcultural workshop will be held on February 4, 2012. Celebrate Adoption is bringing Rhonda Roorda in to speak at the event. Rhonda is THE go-to expert on Transracial / Transcultural adoption, having written the three seminal works on the subject. The “In Their Own Voices” seriesfeatures first-person interviews with adoptees (mostly African-American), their Caucasian parents, and their Caucasian siblings (non-adopted). Anyone considering adopting a child outside of their own race/culture (whether domestic or international) is practically always referred to this set of books by theiradoption social worker.