An Honest Conversation About Adoption

Coffee + Crumbs Podcast

Ashlee Gadd

Storytelling, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Toddlers, Friendship, Pregnancy, Grace, Coffee, Adoption, Miscarriage, Parenting, Motherhood, Newborn, Christianity, Crumbs

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking about the important–and sometimes misrepresented–topic of adoption. Katie chats with Becky (an adoptive mom) and Jamie (an adoptee) about the complexities and layers of this calling that most of the world never sees.

Becky shares the steep learning curve of being an adoptive parent, but also the undeniable gifts and joys God has shown her along the way. Jamie speaks honestly about the grief she’s walked through, sheds light on some common misconceptions about adoption, and moves us deeply when she talks about embracing her belovedness. Although adoption plays a different role in each of these women’s lives, both have come to the same conclusion: God’s grace is abundant, and He is in the business of making things new.

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0:00.0	We believe motherhood is a gift, and are not a science.
0:09.2	We believe it takes a village to raise our kids, and that motherhood is better when we stick
0:13.5	together.
0:14.9	Most of all, we believe motherhood is holy work.
0:19.0	At the core of our show, we want you to feel safe, known, encouraged, and loved.
0:24.6	This is The Cocking Crumbs Podcast.
0:29.6	Well hello, friends, and welcome back to The Coffee and Crumbs Podcast.
0:34.3	It's Katie here, and today we are talking about the important and sometimes misrepresented
0:40.4	topic of adoption.
0:42.4	Now I use the word misrepresented, not because everything we hear about adoption, especially
0:47.2	in Christian circles, is wrong or inaccurate, but simply because adoption is so complex
0:52.8	and so layered.
0:54.2	And it's very challenging to represent something so big and so important accurately in just
0:58.9	one conversation.
1:00.9	But it is a topic that is near to my heart.
1:03.7	It's near to coughing crumbs heart, and I know something that many of you listening
1:07.2	care deeply about.
1:09.4	In today's episode, I'm sitting down with Becky Marquetto, who is the wonderful producer
1:14.3	of this podcast, and I'm so thrilled to get to have her on, you know, quote unquote,
1:18.0	the other side of the show today.
1:20.5	The lovely Jamie Corbin, who I met through the exhale community, which, you know, it's
1:26.0	a great place to meet friends, but that's not necessarily what we're here to talk about
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