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💚“There are, like, butterflies in the stomach knowing that he was going to be part of our family,” says dad Daniel.
The transition to adoption is a gradual process full of conflicting emotions-excitement, fear, joy. It’s a vulnerable time as the child begins to understand they are a permanent member of the family and will not return to live with their birth family.
As mom Ashley says, “it is not a natural thing to start calling someone mom or dad.” In an adoptive or permanency family, “you learn to be a family together.”
Enjoy this episode and stay tuned for the last episode of the Kendricks’ family story: Openness in Adoption!