“Adoption is a journey of faith, from beginning to end.”
– Johnny Carr
“Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone, but still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, you didn’t grow under my heart but in it."
– Fleur Conkling Heyliger
“Adoption, when your family tree becomes an orchard.”
– Author Unknown
“I didn’t give you the gift of life,
– Author Unknown
But in my heart I know.
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.
For us to have each other
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didn’t give you
The gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you.”
“I have a lot of respect for my birth mother. I know she must have had a lot of love for me to want to give what she felt was a better chance. ”
– Faith Hill, singer and adoptee
“We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side.”
– Jamie Lee Curtis, actress and adoptive mother
“They may not have my eyes, they may not have my smile, but they have all my heart."
– Author Unknown
“I think adoption is a blessing all around when it’s done right.”
– Hugh Jackman
“Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It’s something quite magical.”
– Nicole Kidman
“Adoption has the dimension of connection — not only to your own tribe, but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties and family. It is a larger embrace. By adopting, we stretch past our immediate circles and, by reaching out, find an unexpected sense of belonging with others.”
– Isabella Rossellini
“Whether your children are yours through biology or adoption, they are yours through love.”
– Sadia Rebecca Rodriguez
“Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.”
– Mother Teresa
“ Time and experience have taught me a priceless lesson: Any child you take for your own becomes your own if you give of yourself to that child. I have born two children and had seven others by adoption, and they are all my children, equally beloved and precious.”
– Dale Evans