The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast
🎙 The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast—Now in its fifth season—brings you real stories and expert insights on adopting through foster care.
Each month, host Marcy Bursac, America’s Foster Care Adoption Mentor, interviews:
âś… Adoptive parents sharing their journeys
âś… Adults who aged out of foster care
âś… Child welfare experts
đź’ˇ 30% of kids in U.S. foster care are legally free for adoption.
đź”— Learn more at ForgottenAdoptionOption.com & subscribe today!
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Meet Pam - Adoptive Mom (of a sibling group of 7!)
Pam and her husband raised 5 biological children and then adopted a sibling group of 7 additional children.
00:40:36 |
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Meet CJ - Foster Child & Author
CJ is the author of "Obliterating the Odds". She was in foster care and was never adopted although she lived in 35 homes before age 17. Listen to hear her journey of going from tragedy to triumph.
00:41:14 |
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Meet Amber - Adoptive Mom (of a sibling pair!)
Amber is in Texas and is the adoptive mom of a sibling pair. She also gifts my book The Forgotten Adoption Option to potential adoptive families in her area. Get ideas and insights about foster care …
00:26:19 |
Thu 10 Jun 2021
Meet Sherry Hursey - Creator, Co-Writer and Star of “Lilly’s Light: The Movie
By celebrating current and retired foster parents and spreading awareness about the need for more foster families, Marcy and Sherry hope to inspire prospective foster parents to take the next steps i…
00:38:38 |
Fri 28 May 2021
Meet Nathan - Foster Dad (for 16 years!) to Teens and Young Adults
Nathan shares about his experience being family to teens and young adults.
He has been a foster parent for 16 years.
00:34:20 |
Tue 18 May 2021
Meet Big Brother & Little Sister - My Adopted Sibling Pair
A special Mother's Day episode with my children - Big Brother & Little Sister.
00:33:22 |
Fri 07 May 2021
Meet Natalie - Adoptive Mom (who adopted her first 2 placements!)
For Natalie and her husband, adoption was their Plan A. She shares lessons learned and emotions experienced.
00:23:01 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Meet Robin & Dave - Adoptive Parents (of older boys!)
Meet Robin & Dave. A couple who has opened their homes, changed family trees, and started a nonprofit to teach other families how to do that same.
00:34:07 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Meet Alice - Adoptive Mom (and one of my mentors!)
Alice is a decade-long foster and adoptive mom. Listen as she shares insights on parenting children as a single mom.
00:28:41 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Meet Grandpa Bob - Adoptive Grandparent (and my dad!)
Adoption impacts immediate and extended family. I'm excited to introduce you to my dad who shares his experience with my family's foster care adoption journey.
00:22:13 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
Meet Rita Soronen - Foster Care Adoption Advocate
Learn about the opportunity to adopt and advocate for children through the foster care system from Rita Soronen, President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.Â
00:36:43 |
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Meet Hunter - An Adopted Child (who is now an adult!)
Hunter shares his personal story of being in foster care for 6 years and then being adopted by a family that spent many of those years with him.
00:27:22 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
Meet Jane - Adoptive Mom (when her son was 6-years-old!)
Jane is a caring coworker who adopted a son when he was 6-years-old. She didn’t feel finished parenting after raising three biological children.
Hear how “love can be a noun, a verb, and a decision” …
00:19:00 |
Mon 18 Jan 2021
Meet Robin - Adoptive Mom (of a teenager!)
"It is the best thing and the hardest thing she's ever done."
Robin of Exodus Fitness Retreats shares how she went from "mentor" to "mother" overnight.
00:30:58 |
Wed 06 Jan 2021
Meet Jennifer - Adoptive Mom (and fellow author!)
This episode is about a 3 month-old baby girl who met her forever family on Christmas Eve.
Adoptive Mom, Jennifer Elwood is the Author of Counting Up to Christmas: 24 Gifts from the Gospel of Luke. H…
00:26:49 |
Thu 17 Dec 2020
Meet Nathan - Adoptive Dad (who also happens to be my husband!)
This has the feeling of a private conversation in our home. Learn from an adoptive dad who went from zero to two kids overnight. Learn common reservations for pursuing adoption and get a peek inside …
00:23:41 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
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