[Jody M]

Do you have a positive adoption quote to share that you have found in your readings or on the internet? Adoption quotes by persons touched by adoption or others? Please share them here and the author and source if possible. Thanks for posting them!
Jody Moreen, adoptee
Editor, Adoption Blessings Journal

[Jody M]

One quote I read from an adoptive mother:

I did not make you in my own image; I created you from the imagery of my heart.

Nancy Mcquire Roche from Adoption, Another word for Love

[Jody M]

Would love to see other adoption quotes here that are honoring to adoption- thanks! Jody

[AchooMooMoo]

Neither flesh of my flesh
Nor bone of my bone
But miraculously my own
Never forget for a single minute
You didn't grow under my heart
BUT IN IT.
by Fleur Conkling Heylinger

[Jody M]

Thanks Lizzie- this is a great verse- I have seen but worth repeating! Thanks for sharing! Jody

[Stacytoadoopt]

I used these for my baby book/Scrapbook. sorry, didn't keep the names.

How Could You Know?
As you lay sleeping far away as still as you could be...
How could you know the joy today this photo brings to me?

A few short weeks and you'll be mine, and "I" will soon be "We".
How could you know the love I feel? It's something you can't see.

So have sweet dreams, my precious babe. Sleep well and tenderly.
Some say that you're the lucky one. How could you know it's me?




May you be safe and sleep soundly through the night,
May you be safe as you wake to the morning's light.
May you feel my love from so far away,
May it comfort and protect you throughout each day.
I will pray for you my little one
Until our time of waiting is done.
I will pray that the Lord keep you safe from harm,
Until the child of my heart becomes the child in my arms.

From downy head

To tiny feet…

A baby makes

Your life complete.


The tiny bits of yesterday

Treasured in this book

Will show how much you mean to me

Each time you take a look

There was the day I heard,

The days I waited,

The days I traveled,

Each followed each;



Excitement building.

Til Came 'That Day'

Our "Gotcha Day!"

The day my family grew, .

With you.



And from that day,

And for every day

I will always love you.

[Jody M]

Thanks Stacy for sharing these lovely prose you used in your scrapbook! Blessings in your ongoing adoption journey!

Any positive Adoption Quotes welcome- short ones too- from everyday persons, writers, celebrities and authors- new or old!
Thanks for adding quotes here! Jody