Stephanie Blok, Author at Heart of Adoptions

Oct 23, 2018

The Adoption Triad From All Sides

It’s blog time again. (I just can’t resist that word, blog.) To connect the dots, I’m the staff birth mom and I’m still fairly new to the job. For a bit of background, I’m a part of the adoption triad. Not the usual, adoptive parent or adoptee, but I am a birth mom. I say […]

Oct 09, 2018

Jeanne Tate: Lightning Community Hero

The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Jeanne Tate as the first Lightning Community Hero this season during the first period of tonight's game versus the Florida Panthers. Jeanne, who received a $50,000 donation from the Lightning Foundation and the Lightning Community Heroes program, will donate the money to Gift of Adoption. Jeanne has worked for the […]

Aug 24, 2018

Ik Spekt Engels

The first few days in the Netherlands were amazing, but there was much more to see and do. Monday came and another train ride- to Rotterdam as we had a bit of a change in plans- that may have brought the best day ever! We spent the day with a family that adopted about 2 […]

Aug 23, 2018

Love Was The Common Thread

When you are offered an opportunity to travel half-way around the world, expenses paid, to get to meet families that you had a hand in helping to build as well as to meet families waiting to grow through adopting what do you do?? Oh- and where Dutch is the official language, but you only speak […]

Aug 08, 2018

A Day To Celebrate No Matter What

The birthday of your child, how do you celebrate such a special day? The day your child was born? The day you probably got to hold him for the first time? And for a birth mom, it’s the day that you knew your child would not be going home with you. A birth mom may […]

Jul 31, 2018

A Mile In Their Shoes

My experience as an adoptive mother comes in to play a lot when dealing with our clients. I got into this whole field as a way of giving back or saying “thank you.” There are no words to express our gratitude to our daughters’ birth moms for the amazing gifts they gave us in allowing […]

Jul 19, 2018

The Birthparents Bill Of Rights

We have the right to dignity and respect. We have the right to know if our surrendered child is alive and well. We have the right to possess, surrender, relinquishment, consent to adopt, termination of parental rights and hospital records pertaining to ourselves and our child.

Jul 16, 2018

Help Us Bless Our Brave Birth Moms

A family in Utah, whose heart was touched by adoption, decided to make something special to say “Thank You” to birth moms everywhere. They created the Brave Box. These beautiful wooden boxes are inscribed with the word “brave.” This is how they explain their decision:

Jul 06, 2018

Twenty-Five Years Of Changing Lives

Last week, we all gathered in the conference room with whispered excitement. Sue’s husband and grandchildren were on the far side of the room. There was a hurried announcement of,” She’s coming!” And when the door swung open we all shouted, “Surprise!” Sue laughed, sighed, and put her notary stamp away. We had gotten her […]