A Honest Guide to Open Adoptions

Lauren Barrett

​The good, the bad, and the ugly

Not too long after we adopted our son, I received an email from an interested patron, client, customer (all these words seem too formal when talking about the adoption process) inquiring about our adoption agency.

Would we recommend them? What were the pros and cons?

It took a while to compose an answer. I wanted it to be thoughtful and honest, but I was also struggling to convey my feelings.

Would I recommend my adoption agency? Well, of course, I’m staring into the eyes of my beautiful baby boy. How could I not recommend them? Without them, we would not have our son.

But that’s not the full answer, nor an honest one at that.

I wanted my response to be vulnerable and raw because many times throughout the process, I would not have recommended them or even private adoption at that.

I struggled with telling her every feeling and thought that I had throughout the process. Would I have wanted someone to do the same?

I think so.
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Here is what I said…

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L​auren Barrett is a multi-passionate mom working to help all people become their best selves and build positive relationships with the people around them. She has a degree in deaf education and a Master’s in Reading Education. She is a high school teacher of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing, a former cross country coach, a writer/author, and a full time mom to an amazing 6-year old and 5-month old. Lauren is a 3x author, including children’s book,Henry’s Hiccups, and parenting guide Now What? Mindful Checklists for Life’s Hard Parenting Moments. She is a blogger at Lauren Barrett Writes. Currently, she is grieving her loving mom’s unexpected death and devoting her time to helping people learn about grief, insomnia, and anxiety in honor of her mom. She loves her faith, running, visiting MLB stadiums with her husband, chocolate, scrapbooking, pretending she would actually do well on the Amazing Race, re-watching The Office, listening to Bobby Bones, and helping out all moms. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, James, and son, Henry. Follow her on her blog and get her free kind for sleep and anxiety, Stress Free Sleep.