Adoption Day

It is my favorite day this month! ADOPTION DAY!!! 

This is my 9th year working on Adoption Day.

Ocean County is participating in its 16th Adoption Day and four families are being forever families today. 

Being able to facilitate adoptions as a part of my job has been so rewarding and its an absolute pleasure doing it. I love the stories behind the adoptions that families choose to share with me. Making forever families over the past 9 years has been fulfilling in more ways than I can express.  Over the summer, I counted how many adoptions I have processed and in eight years, it's a little over 1,000 adoptions! How incredibly cool is that? 1,000 forever families passed through my office. 

The adoption symbol featured in the image above depicts a triangle with a heart through it. The triangle represents the child at the top point and the two bottom points represent both the birth family and the adoptive family. The heart joins them all together. I love this image and it wasn't until an attorney told me about it, I even knew about it. This is a perfect representation of adoption, the birth family, will always be apart of the child life. 

To read my other Adoption Day posts, find them here 2020 | 2015

Do you have a connection to Adoption? 

[[Adoption: Building a family through the process of concentrated, dedicated enduring love, rather than biology. ]]

Happy Adoption Day!

Its National Adoption Month and more importantly, TODAY is National Adoption Day for Ocean County. This is by far one of my most favorite days of the year. While this year will look a little different, the excitement is still here. My heart goes out to all the adoptive families that open their hearts and homes for their new addition; the birth parents who had to make the hardest decision of their lives; and to all workers involved in this beautiful process. I am so happy to be apart of such a happy day. 

This is my 7th adoption day and the excitement from the very first one is still there! 

To learn more about adoption visit and to learn more about foster care visit specifically in New Jersey, see NJ Foster and Adoption. 

If you are looking for adoption information in your state, google "Adoption (your state)"

If you are looking to read some real life stories for Adoption check out:

Sarah Shaneyfelt of Meet the Shaneyfelt 

Erika Slaughter of A Little Bit of Everything

Shay Shull of Mix and Match Mama's 

Taylor Shennet's personal journey ||| Instagram

Do you and your family have a personal connection to Adoption? 

[[Love makes a family]]

-gabrielle

Happy Adoption Day

November is Adoption month.  Today is National Adoption Day.

23,000 kids are in foster care waiting to find their forever homes. (Source)

Today New Jersey celebrates national adoption day with events throughout all the counties.

Want to find out more about adoption- check out
National Adoption Day Organziation

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency Adoption

Every child deserves a family to spend the Holidays with.