Donna K. Evans Foundation Blog Posts for Information About Adoption

Over the past seven months, the vast majority of us have had to make significant changes in our lives; maybe working from home, working from home with kids doing online learning at home with you, ordering groceries rather than going to the grocery store, wearing a...

To date all of us are surrounded by uncharted territory, learning to navigate and forage new paths, create a new lifestyle, then the one we were previously used to.  Whether we considered ourselves happy, fulfilled, living a life of joy or even the life we wanted to...

These times are so uncertain for everyone, chartering into this unknown season can generate fear, anxiety and a myriad of feelings.  Stories on the news show people stockpiling toilet paper, paper towels and basic necessities, numbers of confirmed cases rising, death...

Open adoption has the promise of so many positive attributes and aspects for all members of the adoption triad; birth mother, adoptive parents and adopted child.  Open adoption often begins with promises and commitments on behalf of the birth mother and adoptive...

Why do people perceive that it is difficult to adopt?  Is it true?  What aspects are difficult?  Is adopting difficult for everyone or just some people.  Why does this perception exist? There are lots of reasons that the perception or notion that adopting is difficult...

So often, everyone from family members, friends, clients, strangers or really anyone who catches wind that I work in the adoption field seems to be really curious as to what it is really like to work in the adoption world. My favorite go-to answer is “It’s the best...