Today I was deeply moved by Amanda’s story over at Mrs. R’s House.   When she was talking with her dad (an adoption attourney) about finding her birthmother, he recommended that she wait until after she was married, rather than proceeding immediately upon turning 18.  According to her dad, many adoptions that take place in that critical year end badly because of what is going on in the birthparents lives at that time. (This won’t be true for all, of course, but because of his background he had more than anecdotal information to draw from.) The state in Amanda was raised (I believe Utah) provides […]