Source: Carolyn Kury de Castillo, globalnews.ca, March 30, 2021 The couple is still in Colombia sorting out the final paperwork to bring their five-month-old home. A Calgary couple who recently adopted a baby in Colombia is hoping they will be able to get an exemption from the mandatory stay at a quarantine hotel. Mark and… Continue reading Calgary Couple Adopting Internationally Hopes for Exemption From Quarantine Hotel Stay
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KAWS: Meet “Shiloh”. Her adoption fee has been sponsored!
Estimated DOB: April 2009 Sex: Spayed Female Adoption Fee: $0.00 (the adoption fee has been sponsored!) Foster Home Location: Melville, SK Intake Date: May.11/18 This beautiful, senior girl has been in our care for almost 2 years. “Shiloh” is about 11 years old and has had a rough couple of years as she’s been in… Continue reading KAWS: Meet “Shiloh”. Her adoption fee has been sponsored!
KAWS: Meet “Cheryl” & “Toni” from the Riverdale Gang
DOB: Apr.6/18 Sex: Spayed Females Adoption Fee: $50 for both (they must go together) **(until May.31/20, adoption fees are 1/2 price! So they will only be $25 to adopt!!)** Foster Home Location: Kindersley, SK Intake Date: Jul.22/18 These 2 gorgeous girls are from The Riverdale Gang. They were living as strays in Brock with their… Continue reading KAWS: Meet “Cheryl” & “Toni” from the Riverdale Gang
Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 6
EPISODE 6 – Reflections on Motherhood: A Conversation With Our Pre-Mom Selves Host: Sonya Brown Guest: Michelle Coels Today I get the opportunity to sit down with an old friend who I had the pleasure of attending University with. We reflect on life before motherhood, the lessons we have learned along the way, the pieces… Continue reading Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 6
Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 5
EPISODE 5: Your Adoption Questions Answered Host: Sonya Brown November is National Adoption Awareness Month, and I thought this was the right time to dust off the mic, and share with you the adoption questions I hear most frequently. My hope is that by sharing some of the answers to frequently asked questions it will… Continue reading Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 5
Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 4
EPISODE 4: How to Support a New Mom This episode is an open and honest conversation about how we can support the new moms in our lives. Sonya and Jenn talk about everything from some of the best advice they received as new moms, what advice they could have done without, how the “just you wait”… Continue reading Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 4
Coffee & Grace Podcast
The journey to building a family is not always easy. Sonya and Amy talk openly and honestly about their personal journey through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). They share details of the IVF process, the emotional toll it has taken on their lives, and how it has affected their relationships with their husbands. Read more from Sonya at… Continue reading Coffee & Grace Podcast
The Struggle Is Real
I often get told how being a Mom is so natural to me. As if it was the very reason I was put on this earth. I get complimented by friends and family on how easy I make it look, or how my face lights up any time I’m around my children. I post the… Continue reading The Struggle Is Real
Real Mom
Jayce was only three weeks old when I heard those gut wrenching words for the first time. Drew had returned to work, and it was just me and my sweet baby Jayce. It was a chilly October morning and was too cold to go for a walk outside. I decided to venture out and head… Continue reading Real Mom
Born From My Heart
I feel like Drew and I have just enough collective wisdom in our pockets to talk our children through most of the struggles they might face in life. Except for being adopted. Neither of us will ever under- stand what it feels like to be adopted. And we don’t pretend to. November is National Adoption… Continue reading Born From My Heart