Blog - Notes from Carol

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

December 31, 2011

~~~ HAPPY NEW YEAR from the Staff at Everlasting Adoptions ~~~
              Will you take a journey through Adoption in 2012?

If you are considering adopting a baby OR perhaps placing your baby for adoption, WE CAN GUIDE YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY in 2012.

Contact us today – We are here waiting for you!

1-866-406-2702. Be Blessed!

Merry Christmas Eve from the Staff at Everlasting Adoptions

December 21, 2011

Christmas! 1 day left.

This time of year is so special BUT it can be so painful and challenging for all those traveling on a journey through adoption--BOTH Birthparents AND Adoptive parents. The Staff at Everlasting Adoptions is praying that God gives all of our Waiting Families and Birthparents the strength and courage they need to get through this Holiday Season along with a sense of knowing that everything happens for a reason. We pray that they never lose HOPE.

With extreme gratitude, we thank all of our Past Waiting Families and Birthparents who have experienced a Placement through Everlasting Adoptions. We thank them for the Confidence, Trust and Faith they placed in us. We thank them for diving into a Fear of the Unknown and taking a huge leap of Faith. At Everlasting Adoptions, our belief is that God uses our staff as his instruments to carry through His Will. We feel, it is only through His Divine Intervention that You have experienced the miracle of adoption. This is what we believe, but we are not here to judge in any way, and we will never turn anyone away because of their religious beliefs or non-religious beliefs. We are all equal and we believe in the dignity of every human being.

To all of those out there reading this, whether you believe in a Higher Power or not, please listen to that soft whisper you may be hearing. Perhaps it is meant to be that you are being guided down the road of adoption in some way. Please consider learning more about the services that Everlasting Adoptions provides. We are a professional staff of adoptive moms, and we will be right here waiting for you, 24/7.

Wishing you the experience of Peace and Contentment in Your life along with all of the Struggles and the Joys it brings with it!

Happy Holidays!
Carol Shepherd-Director
carol@everlastingadoptions.com

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

November 23, 2011

"Loving God, thank you for the gift of life and for bringing [ALL OF OUR EVERLASTING BABIES] safely into this world.

May You bless them and keep them, helping them to grow loving, strong, and healthy in Your love, now and always. Amen."

FINALIZATION CONGRATS TO CHAREKA AND JASON

October 29, 2011

Dear Carol:

Jason and I are so blessed that God placed you in our lives. You are truly sent from above!!

Chareka and Jason

Congratulations go out to Chareka and Jason on the finalization of their adoption of Baby Mason.  We are so happy for you! 

Blessing to All of You from the Staff at Everlasting Adoptions!

Thought for Today

September 22, 2011

May you remember that though the roads we take can sometimes be difficult, those are often the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.

—Doris Dillon, Guideposts reader,
Randleman, North Carolina

Are you PREGNANT and maybe THINKING ABOUT ADOPTION?

September 04, 2011

You may be in a very difficult situation right now. If you are feeling scared, alone, OR you just do not want to talk to your close friends or family about this, please consider giving us a call or chatting with us online directly from our chat line on our website.  Just click on the GREEN HELP button at the TOP LEFT of page OR call us toll free at 1-866-406-2702.

You can also request an adoption information packet to be mailed to you by clicking here: Birthparent Information Request Form.

WE ARE HERE TO HELP 24/7. Call, chat or fill out a form now.

You can also text message Carol at 630-364-8361

Thank you from the Staff at Everlasting Adoptions.

Note from One of Our Everlasting Birthmothers

September 03, 2011

To All Those Considering Adoption (Especially Birthmothers)

I came across Everlasting Adoptions when I found out I was pregnant with my third child. I knew in my heart it was the best thing I could do for him. Working with Carol was the best thing in the world. She is so easy to talk to and will talk to you anytime at all...day, night, weekends, when she is/was busy. The place and people are great and I would suggest them to anyone who is even thinking about Adoption. I have personal experience with Adoption and am willing to talk to anyone who is also thinking about it just so they can get an idea of what I went through.

Please feel free to email me at: mykidsjeffnlilly@hotmail.com

So True! Love this Quote!

September 02, 2011

If a child is born and raised in a home that is loving and nurturing, where there is complete truth about who we are, you can’t give a child any greater place from which to fly.
-Amanda Bearse

Quote from Oprah Winfrey

September 02, 2011

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."
Author: Oprah Winfrey

Quote for Today

September 02, 2011

It has been said that adoption is more like a marriage than a birth: two (or more) individuals, each with their own unique mix of needs, patterns, and genetic history, coming together with love, hope, and commitment for a joint future. You become a family not because you share the same genes, but because you share love for each other.
-Joan McNamara

VISIT US ON FACEBOOK and LIKE our Page

September 02, 2011

Please consider visiting our Facebook Page and clicking on LIKE.  It will help us reach out to so many more parents looking to adopt and more birthmothers considering adoption for their baby.

Thank you from the Staff at Everlasting Adoptions.  Click Here to visit our Everlasting Adoptions Facebook Page.

Special Message from One of Our Birthmothers

September 02, 2011

I knew I loved my son from the first moment I found out he was growing inside me. Although I knew I was too naive, young and poor to raise him myself, there was never a question he would be brought into this world. I loved his father even though I know we would never see each other again, therefore, the only sensible choice was an open adoption. I loved my son too much to hand him over to people that I had never met.  My feeling was and always will be that if I was too scared to look these people in the face, to know, love and bond with them, then how in the world could I, in good conscious, hand my son over to them, to know I would never see my son again?

I know without a second of guilt or remorse that I made the right choice in open adoption.  How can there be a negative side?  I know my son will not only have one set of family members who love him, but 2, 3, 4.... How can it bad to have more people love you rather than less?  Now, when each of us wake up each day to face a new part of our lives, there are no hauntings, unanswered questions to get in the way of our feeling secure who we are so that we may face the rest of our challenges with that knowledge on our side.  Now, I feel like I have a second family too, not just my daughter and my husband, but my son and the family chosen to raise him.

 

Birthmother Amanda, Adoptive Parents and Baby Riley