A Family of Five ~ built by Fost/Adoption

November is National Adoption Awareness Month.  In the spirit of bringing awareness to adoption, our agency mission and the successes of families we serve — we are filling our blog with guest stories throughout this month. Chrysalis House, Inc. believes in the power of sharing experiences and in learning from the stories of others.  We present this series, realizing the words might be the insight that an adoptive family, adoptee or birthparent is searching the internet for!

Our sincerest thanks to the families who have put their lives into words.  We are still accepting submissions through the month of November!  Please send your submissions to stacy@chrysalishouse.com.

Please enjoy the story of a family’s: Fost/Adoption. In the event you wish to discuss our Fost/Adopt program, please contact the office at 559.229.9862.   

On Becoming A Family of Five

Several years ago, my husband and I made the choice to adopt.  After much research we decided upon an international adoption, mainly due to my fears regarding a domestic one. I had seen far too many bad movies and read too many heartbreaking articles concerning adoptive children being legally removed from their new homes to be comfortable with that option…