Adoption Stories from the 2020 Olympics Our Favorite Stories from the Tokyo Olympics: Adopted Athletes and their Families By Diane Ferraro, CEO Who would have known that the 2020 Olympics (taking place in 2021) would shine a spotlight on the beauty of adoption? Our ministry’s headquarters in Colorado Springs is just minutes from the US Olympic Training Center, and we’ve been cheering for local hero/Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long […] Read More
A Conversation with Save the Storks’ CEO Why She’s Passionately Pro-Life and Pro-Woman By Katie Doryland Diane Ferraro recently stepped into the role as the first female CEO at Save the Storks. She has been part of the team since 2018. Diane is a life-long pro-life advocate, largely because of her own story. She was adopted as a baby after her mother chose life for […] Read More
Why is Adoption Not Seen As An Option? Finding a forever family: How the pro-life movement can help change the cultural narrative of adoption By Brittany Smith When it comes to unplanned pregnancy, the most common choices for U.S. women are abortion or parenting. But there is a third option, one that is often left out of the conversation when discussing reproductive rights – adoption. In fact, less than 4 percent of unplanned […] Read More
Save the Storks Celebrates World Down Syndrome Day One mom’s story of Down syndrome adoption World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), is Saturday, March 21. The theme for this year is “We Decide” and it promotes the right for people with Down syndrome to fully participate in decision making for their lives. In celebration of WDSD we sat down to talk with Save the […] Read More
Jessica and Kaylee’s Adoption Story Ethical Adoption: “It was all about my daughter, it wasn’t about me at all.” “When I first heard the word ‘adoption’ I got angry,” Jessica said. She was driving around town with her mom to talk about her unplanned pregnancy. They chose to take a drive so they could discuss the details openly, away from […] Read More
The March for Life is Over…Now What? Top 5 Ways to Get Involved in the Pro-life Movement By Brittany Smith An estimated 100,000 people participated in the 47th annual March for Life last week. Such numbers prove that pro-life support is alive and well across the nation. But once all the signs are put away, and everyone leaves D.C., what happens next? […] Read More
Mother’s Day, Broken Dreams and a Fulfilled Calling Like most little girls, I imagined I’d be a mom when I grew up. The dream wasn’t lofty. It didn’t seem selfish or unattainable. It wasn’t like I wanted to be a princess, or the President. I just knew that being a mom was what I was called to do. Dolls, stuffed animals, pet cats […] Read More
How an Encounter with a Homeless Woman Resulted in Adoption, Love, Compassion and Action Police Officer Jesse Whitten and wife Ashley, former Save the Storks team members, share their personal testimony of connecting with a homeless woman and later adopting her baby. Harlow Whitten has a safe place to call home because of her new parents. Jesse and Ashley Whitten adopted their six-month-old daughter after befriending Harlow’s biological mother […] Read More
6 Surprising Celebrities Who Adopted and Their Powerful Pro-Life Words According to the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), in the U.S. alone 397,122 children are living without permanent families. Around the world there are an estimated 153 million orphans looking for a home. With an abortion happening every 30 seconds, it’s important we talk about adoption as a viable option for women in unplanned […] Read More
A Letter to the Moms Waiting to Adopt This Christmas Season — “Please Don’t Lose Hope.” For our family, this Christmas season will be our most memorable. It is our first Christmas as a family of three. Our home is overflowing with love, magic, and new beginnings. This year we get to celebrate Christmas with our son. We spent hours Christmas shopping (and lets be honest, baby B is not even […] Read More
I Always Knew I Would Adopt Someday — Here’s How We Knew the Time Was Right I have always known in my heart that I was meant to have children through adoption. I loved everything baby from the time I was a baby and nurturing has always been my love language. It didn’t matter if it was a neighbor’s baby who I babysat for, an orphaned lamb who needed me to […] Read More
“From the Very First Look at Her, We Fell Completely in Love” — One Couple’s Incredible Journey to Adoption The pieces of our adoption story started falling into place long before we officially made the decision to pursue adoption. We moved, changed jobs, received promotions, and met new people. All of these things happened because God knew where we needed to be in order to adopt. He knew the path our lives needed to […] Read More
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