Are you or someone you know interested in adoption? What does the adoption process look like, and how does it impact prospective adoptive parents? Today’s guests, Adam and Felicia Pryor, join us to tell their family story, which includes two adoptions. We hear how the adoption process varies wildly with each child and how expecting parents are expected to cope with the unexpected and the unknown. If you or a loved one is adopting a child, you’ll want to hear the Pryors’ moving advice on loving well.

Episode Highlights:

[2:30] “It was hard for people around us to understand.” Adam and Felicia talk about their long-held dream to have both biological and adopted children.

[5:00] Felicia admits that the adoption process was not what she thought it would be. “Going into it I felt one way, and once I was on the other side, I felt completely different.”

[10:15] “I’m crying, I’m shaking, and I can’t talk.” This part of the adoption process took the biggest toll on the Pryor family. 

[13:24] We hear how emotional and uncertain the adoption can be; Felicia starts by describing their first adoption. “We were not prepared for that.”  

[19:00] “There’s a fine line between compassion and frustration.” Adam shares what it is like to adopt from a birth mom who suffered a tragic upbringing and struggles with drug use.  

[27:08] “There was a chance that she was being held against her will in Mexico.”  

[29:35] When it came time for the adopted baby’s birth, the first adoption was exciting and gratifying; the second adoption was very different. “She’s in the hospital fighting for her life.”

[35:00] Adam and Felicia share what others did to help them feel supported and loved well during the adoption process. They also share ways in which they were unintentionally hurt.

[41:09] Don’t miss the key advice that Diana, Adam, and Felicia agree is the key to loving well. 

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