BRYAN, WHO ADOPTED THROUGH THE CRADLE ADOPTION AGENCY, DISCUSSES OPEN ADOPTION

Bryan, who adopted through The Cradle adoption agency, discusses open adoption
PHOENIX’S ADOPTION STORY

Published August 2010 By The Cradle Staff All for the Love of Phoenix On December 9 of last year, Jala Anderson-McKee came to The Cradle to take home her new baby daughter, Phoenix, who had spent her first six weeks in the care of The Cradle Nursery. “Phoenix” was the name chosen for this beautiful […]
MEANT TO BE: THE NIEMIS’ ADOPTION JOURNEY

Published January 2014 By The Cradle Staff A family sits around a picnic table at the zoo. There are older members and younger members, Asian members and Caucasian members. Everyone talks and laughs as they pass the baby around. It’s a happy picture, but one question immediately comes to mind: what brought all of these […]
JUMPING FOR JOIE – MEREDITH, RENEE, AND JOIE’S STORY

Published October 2014 By Shelbie Bostedt, Intern At first glance, Renee and Meredith seem like any ordinary pair of Facebook friends. But at the heart of this relationship is something much deeper than a social network. Renee is the birth mother of Meredith’s daughter, Joie, who was adopted through The Cradle six years ago. After losing […]
BRYAN TALK ABOUT HIS PROCESS IN ADOPTING A CHILD

Adoption through The Cradle’s Sayers Center for African American Adoption Openness at the Sayer’s Center for African American Adoption
FAITH AND JACOB’S ADOPTION STORY

Published January 2009 Celebrating A Year of Joy As we look back over the last year since Jacob and Faith came home, we think back to what led us to adopt. We had been married for thirteen years and always knew we wanted to be parents. We had been through a few years of frustrating […]


