Tonya Jahnke: The Loving Act of Adoption – Part 2

Take 25 minutes over lunch to nourish your soul!

See Tonya’s bio and listen to Part 1 of Nada and Tonya’s Dare Ah New Belief conversation here.

In Part 2 of their conversation, Nada and Tonya discuss:

1. What open adoption is, and its benefits
2. What it feels like to be chosen as adoptive parents
3. Visiting baby Christopher with the Bridge care family and his birth parents for the first two months of his life
4. The struggle to not get too attached and have her heart broken if the birth parents changed their minds
5. Staying close with the birth parents even now

Tonya’s key insights:

1. “The baby’s coming and I am not ready!”
2. The dream of adopting a child can be taken away
3. The heartfelt joy and security birth parents feel knowing their child is deeply loved and wanted
4. The more people that can love Christopher, the better the world and Christopher will be

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Tonya Jahnke

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Be sure to listen to the The Loving Act of Adoption – Part 1 episode as well!