Resources
Adoptive Families digital magazine.
www.adoptivefamilies.com
We also highly recommend that you subscribe to a FREE weekly online e-magazine, Adoption Week. You can subscribe at their website: www.AdoptionWeek.com
The following books are on our Required Readings list for adoptive couples and can be purchased from Tapestry Books (800-765-2367):
RAISING ADOPTED CHILDREN
(By Lois Ruskai Melina)
DEAR BIRTHMOTHER, Thank You for Our Baby (3rd Revised Edition)
(By Kathleen Silber and Phyllis Speedlin)
THE OPEN ADOPTION EXPERIENCE
(By Lois Ruskai Melina and Sharon Kaplan Roszia)
INSIDE TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION
(By Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall)
Recent Posts
“Guilt”
Hello, my name is Suzanne Peden, and I’m a clinical social worker. I’m also the owner of A Angel Adoptions. If you live anywhere in the state of Alabama, I would love to work with you. I will come to you so you don’t have to worry about transportation. In
Pregnancy & Addiction
Video Transcript: Hello, I’m Suzanne Peden. I’m a clinical social worker, but I’m also the owner of A Angel Adoptions. So for many years, actually this year is 39 years, since graduate school, I have been working in the adoption field. One of the topics I’d like to talk about
Working With A Angel Adoptions
Hello, I’m Suzanne Peden, and I’m a clinical social worker, but I’m also the owner of A Angel Adoptions. We are a private, licensed agency in Helena, Alabama, just south of Birmingham. If you live anywhere in the state of Alabama, I would absolutely love to work with you. I
The Adoption Option
Are you thinking about the adoption option? If you are, then you’re at the right place. Hello, I’m Suzanne Peden, and I am a clinical social worker, but I’m also the owner of A Angel Adoptions. I started working in the adoption field 37 years ago, but about 21 years
National Adoption Month
November is National Adoption Month As we approach the holidays and the Christmas season, be especially mindful of birth families and infertile couples. For pregnant women making an adoption plan, more specifically those due around the holidays, future Christmases may forever be connected to memories of the birth of their
Interview With A Birth Mother
(The following is part of an actual conversation with a birth mother who recently placed her baby for adoption through A Angel Adoptions. She is aware that this is being posted on social media. Some identifying information has been deleted or altered due to confidentiality concerns.) (Suzanne) When did you
Children are a blessing from above