Adoption is synonymous with big changes, often for the child being adopted. While this is certainly true, you and your family welcoming a child via adoption are about to undergo the most fulfilling yet refining process as well. These shifts may be daunting at first, but Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections (APAC) is ready to partner with you to ensure that adoption ties you and yours to the values you hold highly, creating unbreakable bonds to enhance not only your adopted child’s life, but also your life in the following ways
1) A Boomerang of Love
Regardless of how you become an adoptive family, you as the parent are teaching lessons of tolerance and empathy across different walks of life in real time. You are the definition of unconditional love for your newly welcomed child. Being able to freely give a sense of love to your child that perhaps he or she has never felt before will not only fill their heart and perceptions of self-worth like never before, but this love will also return to you countless times over as you show up for your child, literally and figuratively.
As adoptive mom Stephanie states, “Seeing a child experience their firsts (first trip, first big family Christmas, first birthday party with family, first school program where a family member comes and more) makes me appreciate life more and how much family really does make a difference. Adoption has enhanced my life by teaching me true gratitude for what I do have.”
2) Time Well Spent
APAC specializes in facilitating adoptions of children over 5 years old. Some may be tempted to think that in adopting older children or even teens, you may be missing out on many moments with them by the time they’re adopted, but this could not be further from the truth. In adopting an older child or a teen, you’ll still have an entire list of “first” memories and milestones. Sure, these may look different than the sleepless nights and diaper days of infancy. They’ll probably be more like the first time in a new school, the first time behind the wheel, a first date, or first part-time job interview. But these first big moments will be a gateway to fulfilling discussions and experiences between you and your child for years if not generations to come.
As one adoptive parent and APAC adoption recruiter Stacy Justice says, “Adoption gave us a family. It filled the missing pieces of our lives and now our children are having children of their own and we get to experience the joy of being grandparents. We would have missed out on all of that if it weren’t for adoption.”
Stacy, another adoptive parent, adds, “Adopting an older child doesn’t mean you will just have them for a few years. They continue to come home between semesters, for holidays, when they need help solving a problem…It is a lifelong experience that doesn’t end when they become adults.”
3) Re-Aligning Goals and Priorities in the Best Ways
Just as your goals and how you spend your time changes from your 20s to 30s and 40s, your priorities will adjust throughout your adoption process. Ultimately, you’ll be building something much larger than yourself by investing your time into the upbringing of your children.
You may find adoption also shifts certain spending habits to increase savings and other investments providing for your children’s education, family travels, or other memorable experiences which will help your most authentic self be present for your children. In short, all the changes you make for your child make you the best version of yourself.
For Them, For You, For Yours
Adoption provides a child with the promise of a life where they’re fully loved that they may not have had otherwise. But adoption also provides adoptive parents and their existing families a pathway to greater emotional and behavioral growth with ways to encourage others around them that’s rarely experienced elsewhere. Just like the twinkling lights of the season, there’s no way to adequately communicate the continual, enhancing glow in your heart and your home that comes with embracing a child into your family through adoption. Click here to learn more about our APAC program or call us at 866-803-2722 if you’re ready to connect with our team.
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