“It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do, and the most joy you’ll ever have.” – Robyne Wilson-Cima Robyne Wilson-Cima says both she and her late husband John Cima should have been in foster care when they were children, but the service didn’t formally exist. So as Robyne and John […]
Tell me a little bit of your family’s story of adopting your two sons. Good Shepherd facilitated two adoptions for our family. The first came several months after we finished submitting all our adoption paperwork to our Good Shepherd adoption specialist. For our oldest child, we were considered and connected […]
Is this statement true for you? “I was never given information about adoption as an option during my pregnancy”. Sometimes medical professionals and crisis counselors do not bring up adoption as an option because they assume their patients and clients are not interested. Pregnant women often report they don’t consider […]
Can you relate to this statement? “I was fearful that I would regret making an adoption plan so I didn’t really consider it.” This concern for regret is real, and not uncommon when you make difficult life decisions. Making a plan to place your child for adoption is one of […]
