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Voices of Adoption amplifies authentic stories from across the adoption triad - birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive families - along with adoption service providers.
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- Jul 17, 2026
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They Didn't Need Shared Genes To Become A Family (with Amanda & Tony) (opens the original)
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For Amanda and Tony, becoming parents was never going to be defined by genetics. Adoption had been part of their conversations even before they were married, and after years of navigating fertility challenges, they realized they were genuinely called to adoption and ready to build their family in a different way.
Matched One Week, Then a Midnight Call Said Baby Was Coming (opens the original)
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Jeff and Christine had been matched with a birth mom for exactly one week when the phone rang in the middle of the night. She was headed into an emergency C-section, and their daughter would arrive within 48 hours. They booked a flight, landed just in time, and met their baby girl in the NICU. Three days later, they sat down with Donna Pope to share what those first days really feel like. This is an honest, in-the-room conversation for waiting families who wonder what happens when the call final
Adoptive Parents Don't Need More Love, They Need Better Tools (opens the original)
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A startle reflex that didn't fully fade. A nervous system still bracing for danger years after the danger passed. Then one text from an adoptive mom that read, "I think we're eighty percent there." In this episode of Voices of Adoption, host Donna Pope interviews Emily Roper, a neuro-developmental delay therapist, doula, and certified midwife's assistant who has spent years tracing kids' hardest struggles back to their first year of life. Roper walks through the same reasoning she uses with the
Connection Heals Foster Kids Faster Than Correction Ever Will (with Amie Huggins) (opens the original)
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Foster parent and junior high teacher Amie Huggins wrote two rules on her Utah foster application. No adoptions. No long-term placements. Sixteen years later, she is the adoptive mother of four daughters and a grandmother of five. In this episode of Voices of Adoption, with host Donna Pope, Amie shares how each daughter arrived, why she stopped fighting the word forever, and what 25 years in a junior high classroom taught her about kids who push love away. The Placements She Never Planned to Kee
Standout: The Kjars on Their Adoption Journey to Three Kids (opens the original)
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Ben and LaCol Kjar share their adoption journey to three kids, the movie Standout, and the name written down twice. Ten years of trying. Four rounds of IVF. Two adoption matches that fell apart. Then one phone call, one flight, and three kids in 13 months. In this episode of Voices of Adoption, host Donna Pope interviews Ben and LaCol, the family behind the movie Standout and two baby reveal videos viewed more than 100 million times. Donna stood beside the Kjars at every step of their adoptions,
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