Story Type: Adoptee Stories

Matt was adopted through New Life Adoptions in 1982. At that time, many adoptions were closed adoptions, in which little or no contact happened between the birth parents and adoptive family, as was the case for Matt’s adoption. However, the world of adoption has dramatically changed since then, and most adoptions at New Life today...

My Gotcha Day I was adopted through New Life by my parents Lee and June in 1990, but before my adoption was fully finalized, my adoptive dad, Lee, died of a heart attack. My adoptive mother had to then fight to keep me as a single mother, which was not readily allowed at that time....