Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dog named Yuki was successfully adopted, but only after waiting significantly longer than her 9 puppies. Surpassing the 220-day ...

Some families are born. Others are built — deliberately, carefully, and with a quiet, enormous, life-changing decision that one person makes on behalf of a child they haven’t met yet, or a child ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seeing a vintage, playful-looking train around a Christmas tree with many presents immediately caught Rachel Cartwright's eye. It ...

“The relationship has to be built around the people involved, and that means making room for both connection and boundaries.” I’m excited to focus this month’s family-building column on domestic ...

An owner lovingly narrates the adoption story of her senior rescue Golden Retriever, Bruce. This Instagram video shows the ...

On the screen, adoption is often portrayed as scary and dangerous — a storyline to amp up the drama. As a journalist who covers TV, this always contrasted with my own truth. Randee Dawn is a ...

I always love this time of year and getting to spend it with my family to celebrate the holidays. It’s been a tradition for me to travel to Rhode Island to be with my mother, which I’ve been doing ...

Proof that a loving family doesn't always involve matching DNA. November is a month dedicated to Adoption Awareness, allowing us to highlight the importance of adoption in society and to acknowledge ...

After losing her first husband and being unable to get pregnant for years, Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman thought she might never be a mom. Now she tells her story to help others considering ...

There are many types of adoption: domestic, international, open, closed, kinship, transracial, infant placement, late-placed. And there is tremendous range in the circumstances that precede and follow ...

A dog named Yuki was successfully adopted, but only after waiting significantly longer than her 9 puppies. Surpassing the 220-day mark in a shelter, many lost hope that Yuki would ever be adopted at ...