An adoption announcement not only lets your friends and family know about the newest member of your family, but it also makes a nice keepsake for your child. If you have adopted an infant, then your adoption announcement will serve a similar purpose as the baby’s birth announcement. When your child gets older, she can look in her baby book and see where she came from and know how proud her parents felt when she joined the family. If you have adopted an older child, then an adoption card will also let her know in a formal and honest way that you feel blessed to have her as a part of your family.
You can make your adoption announcements as fun and creative as you wish, and choose from a wide variety of cards and other forms of announcements. If you like the Internet, you can find adoption cards at almost any online store that sells general baby announcements. If you want to use your artistic talents to create your own adoption announcements, then you might first want to look around the Internet for ideas for pictures and wording.
The words you use in your adoption announcements carry importance because of the delicacy of the adoption process. Even if you faced many challenges in your attempt to adopt, right now you want to focus completely on the miracle that a new person has just joined your family. Many times, adoption cards have poems or religious verses to celebrate the miracle of the many ways you can build a family. For example, a card may start off with saying, “Please share in our joy of welcoming our little girl/boy home.” For the statistics, it might go on with the baby’s name, birthday and the day on which the baby came home to your family. As in general baby announcements, you can include photos of your baby, or if you’re adopting an older child, you might include the first photo of your entire family.
Many people have recently taken part in international adoptions, and you can find some unique ways to announce the arrival of your new child from a different country. On the Internet, you can find cards featuring the flag of your child’s native country. For example, some cards have a stork carrying a baby wrapped in his flag, or a child holding a flag in each hand: one of his country of origin, and a U.S. flag. Integrating your child’s past with his present and future shows the importance of remembering where he came from, and bridges the gaps in his life, making him feel like he belongs to your family.
You can also find alternatives to traditional cards for your adoption announcements. For example, many people like to get candy bars with custom labels celebrating the event. If you’re short on time, you can also find instant e-mail cards, and let everyone know about your new family member immediately. Whatever option you choose, an adoption announcement will let your child see how grateful you are for having him join your family.
By Lisa Zyga