Whether it's the joy-filled decision to welcome a child into your arms or the difficult decision to give your child another home-adoption is making the choice to love unselfishly and unconditionally.   
  
Loved by Choice offers a clear and uplifting look at adoption through true stories told from virtually every perspective. Birth parents, adoptive parents, grandparents, adopted children, families working out an overseas adoption, and those creating interracial families are among those who share their joys and difficulties. The collection is a tender celebration of adoption, led by those who understand it best.   
  
"Heartwarming and inspirational. By translating true stories from different perspectives, Horner and Martindale intensely convey to the reader the emotions that these people have felt-emotions ranging from desperation to elation, from abandonment to fulfillment. Loved by Choice is not only educational, it's an emotional read that, for maybe the first time, discusses in-depth the impact that adoption has on families and communities." Bill Owens, Governor of Colorado  
  
"Loved by Choice is a perfect example of God's adoption of us as his children and how the choice of love is extended to women in unplanned pregnancies. It is a powerful review of how God uses lives to save lives." Carol Everett, president of The Heidi Group  
  
"The reader, at the end of this book, has learned a great deal about the process of adoption, but that pales in comparison with the impact of the stories on the heart itself. And that's the real reason we should all read the book: to understand for the very first time what it really means to be Loved by Choice." Joe Wheeler, Ph. D., editor/compiler of the Heart to Heart series of anthologies

__Susan Horner__ is a freelance writer who has had several articles published in Focus on the Family's Club House and Club House Jr. She lives in Aurora, Colorado, and has for many years supported friends during their quests to adopt.   
__Kelly Fordyce Martindale__ is a newspaper columnist and freelance writer who has been published in magazines such as Today's Christian Woman, Single-Parent Family, and Woman's World. For several years she was a counselor and director of development for a large pregnancy care facility. She lives in Frederick, Colorado.

Loved by Choice offers a clear and uplifting look at adoption from virtually every perspective. It is comprised of true stories that reflect the joys and the difficulties of those touched by adoption. Families working out an overseas adoption, those creating interracial families, grandparents, birth mothers, and even birth fathers are among the many who tell their stories.  
 Two appendices define adoption terms and outline resources that will be helpful to those exploring adoption. The emphasis of Loved by Choice, though, is to demonstrate how adoption can complete a family. It's a poignant celebration of adoption, led by those who understand it best.  
 This book's pro-life, positive, and upbeat message will be a welcomed source for women facing pregnancy choices, anyone working with unwed mothers, adoptees, adoption advocates, pro-life advocates, couples considering adoption, and anyone else interested in stories that celebrate adoption. It is an ideal book for bookstores and libraries to display in November, which is Adoption Awareness Month. Loved by Choice will also be popular at the many adoption-related conferences, book readings, and fairs that take place around the world.

A heartwarming collection of real-life stories from people who have been touched by adoption.

Horner, Susan ;Martindale, Kelly Fordyce

COVER PAGE

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT PAGE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION 

PART 1: CONNECTED THROUGH ADOPTION: BRANCHES OF A FAMILY TREE 

NO REGRETS

MOTHER'S DAY BOUQUET

DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND

DOUBLY LOVED

HER SELFLESS SACRIFICE

TWO MOMS TO LOVE

PART 2: MY HEART REJOICES: ADOPTIVE MOMS CELEBRATE MOTHERHOOD 

DAUGHTER OF MY HEART

HEART'S DELIGHT

ADOPTIVE BREAST-FEEDING

PART 3: A FATHER’S FOCUS: STORIES FROM MEN 

PAPA'S PERSPECTIVE

NO GREATER JOY

MY LITTLE GUYS

PART 4: THE CHOICE FOR ADOPTION: MAKING THE ADOPTION DECISION 

A MOTHER'S SACRIFICIAL LOVE

GOD'S FAITHFULNESS

PART 5: WHO WILL ROCK MY BABY? WANTING THE BEST FOR MY CHILD 

TAXI DRIVER RESCUE

SHARING THADDAEUS

SNAPSHOTS OF AN ADOPTION

SAMANTHA'S BOX

FOR THE GOOD OF THE CHILDREN

AARON, FOREVER A BIG BROTHER

PART 6: TAPESTRIES OF COLOR: BIRACIAL ADOPTIONS 

IT'S NOT BLACK OR WHITE, IT'S LOVE

COLLAGE OF COLORS

MOMMY, I'M DIFFERENT

PART 7: CROSSING CONTINENTS: INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS 

FINDING GRACE

HOPE FULFILLED

ADOPTING JOSHUA

A MERRY HEART IS LIKE A MEDICINE

SIBERIAN ADOPTION

PART 8: HANDLE WITH CARE: THE SPECIAL-NEEDS CHILD 

TRANSFORMED BY LOVE

LAST HOPE, FINAL CHANCE

GIVEN LIFE, GIVEN LOVE

THE YEAR OF JUBILEE

PART 9: READY-MADE FAMILIES: MULTIPLE ADOPTIONS 

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

IT'S A BOY, IT'S A BOY!

PART 10: SHARING MY PARENTS: SIBLINGS SHARE THEIR STORIES 

NO FAKE SISTERS

MAYBE MISMATCHED, BUT TRUE FAMILY

PART 11: THE GRANDCHILD IN MY HEART: GRANDPARENTS TELL THEIR STORIES 

LIFESAVER

WHEN IT'S YOUR DAUGHTER AND YOUR GRANDCHILD

GRANDMOM'S LOVE

LETTER FROM A THANKFUL GRANDMA

PART 12: FATHERLESS NO MORE: DELAYED ADOPTION DECISIONS 

WARD OF THE COURT

FOREVER FAMILY

PART 13: INCREDIBLE! REMARKABLE ADOPTIONS 

PRECIOUS GIFTS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES

MY DAUGHTER'S EYES

A CHILD JUST LIKE ME

A FAMILY THING

PART 14: PHOTO IN THE LOCKET: ADOPTION REUNIONS 

LOVED, AND LOVED AGAIN

PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT

IN EVERYTHING THERE IS A GIFT

A PHONE CALL AWAY

PART 15: THE GREATEST GIFT: ADOPTED KIDS SAY THANK YOU 

BATTER UP

MY TRIBUTE

ORPHAN TRAIN RIDER

DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL

DOUBLY GRATEFUL

FULL CIRCLE

APPENDIX A: ADOPTION TERMS

APPENDIX B: ADOPTION RESOURCES

CONTRIBUTORS 

Loved by Choiceoffers a clear and uplifting look at adoption from virtually every perspective. It is comprised of true stories that reflect the joys and the difficulties of those touched by adoption. Families working out an overseas adoption, those creating interracial families, grandparents, birth mothers, and even birth fathers are among the many who tell their stories.  
 Two appendices define adoption terms and outline resources that will be helpful to those exploring adoption. The emphasis ofLoved by Choice,though, is to demonstrate how adoption can complete a family. It's a poignant celebration of adoption, led by those who understand it best.  
 This book's pro-life, positive, and upbeat message will be a welcomed source for women facing pregnancy choices, anyone working with unwed mothers, adoptees, adoption advocates, pro-life advocates, couples considering adoption, and anyone else interested in stories that celebrate adoption. It is an ideal book for bookstores and libraries to display in November, which is Adoption Awareness Month.Loved by Choicewill also be popular at the many adoption-related conferences, book readings, and fairs that take place around the world.

A compilation of true adoption stories, that offers a look at adoption from different perspectives, from families working out an overseas adoption, those creating interracial families, grandparents, birth mothers, and even birth fathers are among the many who tell their stories.

"Loved by Choice" offers a clear and uplifting look at adoption from virtually every perspective. It is comprised of true stories that reflect the joys and the difficulties of those touched by adoption. Families working out an overseas adoption, those creating interracial families, grandparents, birth mothers, and even birth fathers are among the many who tell their stories. Two appendices define adoption terms and outline resources that will be helpful to those exploring adoption.The emphasis of "Loved by Choice", though, is to demonstrate how adoption can complete a family. It's a poignant celebration of adoption, led by those who understand it best. This book's pro-life, positive, and upbeat message will be a welcomed source for women facing pregnancy choices, anyone working with unwed mothers, adoptees, adoption advocates, pro-life advocates, couples considering adoption, and anyone else interested in stories that celebrate adoption. It is an ideal book for bookstores and libraries to display in November, which is Adoption Awareness Month. "Loved by Choice" will also be popular at the many adoption-related conferences, book readings, and fairs that take place around the world.

Susan Horner is a freelance writer who has had several articles published in Focus on the Family's Club House and Club House Jr. She lives in Aurora, Colorado, and has for many years supported friends during their quests to adopt. Kelly Fordyce Martindale is a newspaper columnist and freelance writer who has been published in magazines such as Today's Christian Woman, Single-Parent Family, and Woman's World. For several years she was a counselor and director of development for a large pregnancy care facility. She lives in Frederick, Colorado.

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