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Company
Overview
A Loving Choice Adoption Services is an Adoption Marketing Service. What this
means is that most of the money we bring in is put right back into advertising.
We advertise our
services all across the United States, mostly in the Yellow
Pages, but also in
newspapers, crisis pregnancy centers, adoption agencies,
and many other specialty
areas. Birthparents that want to place their babies
or children through
adoption, and families that are hoping to adopt find us
through this advertising.
Families that are hoping to adopt (and have an approved home study) are
presented to our birthmothers. It is our policy that the birthparents/birth-
mothers make all of the choices. The birthparents choose the
family they want
to parent their
children. They decide what type of relationship they want to
have (if any) with the
adoptive family. They also decide how things will happen
at delivery time. We
encourage open adoptions, but all choices lie with the birthparents. We work
very closely with our birthparents, and develop friend-
ships that last long past the adoption process.
Once a family is matched with a birthmother, other adoption professionals
(social workers and attorneys) will perform the legal processes required by the
states involved to finalize the adoption.
A Loving Choice has been in business since 1997, so we are well established in
Yellow Page Directories across the country and as we continue to grow, we
continue to expand our advertising coverage. Our advertising already reaches
millions of people, and it only takes one birthmother to change your life
forever.
A Loving Choice is not a licensed child placement organization, we are an
Adoption Marketing Service. We advertise our services on behalf of our
prospective
adoptive families. We
can and do also serve as the marketing arm for licensed
child placement
organizations and adoption attorneys that lack the time, re-sources, or
knowledge for the advertising and marketing processes.
Unlike larger adoption agencies that may have hundreds of waiting families, we
choose to limit the number of families we work with in the hope of matching and
placing all families within a two year time frame. This gives our small staff of
experienced adoption experts more time to assist with the specific needs of
each birthmother and
waiting family.
Like most families that choose adoption, we are shocked by what the adoption
process can cost. For this reason, we function as a Ministry in a sincere effort
to keep the cost of
adoption within the reach of the common man. We also offer
personalized payment plans in an effort to accommodate every family budget.
Money should never be the deciding factor in your decision to have a family.
If you are considering adoption, or considering placing your baby or child, just
call. We answer our
phones 24 hours a day,7 days a week. Whatever path you choose, always follow
your heart.
Meet the Director
Hello everyone, and thank you for taking a look at our services. I am Phyllis,
and I have worked for A
Loving Choice since 2001. In November of 2004, I purchased A Loving Choice from
a retiring Gina Brown. As the new owner and Director, I am very pleased to
continue A Loving Choice with the same integrity
and compassion that have
been it's cornerstone since it was founded in 1997.
My husband John and I have been blessed with two beautiful daughters through
adoption. Our oldest daughter Amanda Rose was born in 1996 and came home
from the hospital with
us when she was a day and a half old. The adoption of
Amanda was picture perfect. Her birthmother was a 19 year old college student
at the time, and was
very determined to finish her schooling. She did not want
to burden her family
with the raising of a baby. She never wavered throughout
the adoption process. She went on to finish college, and has now married. She and her husband now have
a young son. We maintain a totally open relationship with her and all of her
family. We actually seem to talk more with her mother
and grandmother than we
do with her now. They said from the beginning that
they did not wish to intrude,
and such that they are, they could never be an intrusion. They are a wonderful
family.
Our second daughter Amy Marie was born in 2000. Her adoption was far from
perfect. We were there for her birth, but only got to see her for about 10
minutes before we were
asked to leave the hospital. The birthfather did not
want to place Amy for
adoption. The birthmother was very determined that
she was going to place
her. She continued calling us asking us to find a way to
get the adoption to
happen, because she could not care for her. Amy went
back and forth between
our home and the birth family's home several times
before the birthfather
finally agreed to place her permanently with us. We
were out on that
proverbial limb, but we stayed with it. We rationalized that
it was better for Amy to
be in a good home, even for just a short while, till they sorted out their
problems. At seven months old, Amy became ours forever.
Yes, we still maintain a
totally open relationship with this family too.
My husband John, myself, and our daughters live on 45 acres along a small river.
We love our country home
in the timber with our animals. I am very blessed
that I can do this
adoption work (well most of it) from my home. I totally enjoy talking, working
with, and assisting people from all walks of life.
Give me a call, I will be happy to discuss your adoption plan with you.
Phyllis Quast
Meet the Coordinators
Hello, my name is Deanna Price and I have been working with A
loving Choice Adoption Service since October 2003. My husband and I live in
Indiana with
our children. We have been married for over 6 years and have
been unable to
have biological children of our own. However, we never
faltered in that a family through adoption would be our next option. We were
open to any child regard-
less of race or gender. I believe
that all Gods children are precious and he will
guide a child that is meant for our family into our arms. We
have been through
the adoption process 3 times so far, and we know that we would
go through it
again in spite of the roller coaster ride that can
sometimes take
place.
I originally had all intentions of contracting with A Loving Choice when we unexpectedly
received a call about an AA (African American) infant through another service
that was being placed for adoption. We decided to pursue this situation first
and our son Timothy was born the next day in the summer of
2003. This was
a quick process and within our state. We chose to have an open adoption with
his birthmother which includes letters and photos. She is also
able to reach us
via telephone with a 1-800 number. This turned out to be a
blessing as she called us again in April of 2004 after
delivering an infant that
was premature. She wanted us to adopt him as well. He was tiny
but the
doctors expected him to do well but a sudden infection
destroyed his intestine
and he only lived 13 days. We
feel
we have been blessed with every one of
these children and felt honored to have been chosen again to
parent another
child from the same birthmother. We will forever have a special
angel - baby Charles.
Our third adoption involved being chosen from a profile that we had prepared
and sent to a birth mother through the services of A Loving Choice.
Our profile
was mailed
along with others and we were selected one week before our son
Charles was born. Upon his birth we were so excited at the
prospect of having
two little ones and felt greatly blessed. When our birthmother
delivered she
did not notify us and chose to take the baby home from the
hospital. We were devastated after the loss of baby Charles and suddenly we felt
we had lost the second baby also. You could have never have imagined the
surprise when after
3 weeks the birth mother called and said "Would you like to come pick up your
daughter?" Within hours our daughter Claire was securely in our arms. We
maintain an open relationship with photos, gifts, and frequent
phone calls from
this birthmother also.
I look forward to working with both adoptive families and birthparents in hope
of helping make their wishes and dreams come true with the new
addition of a chosen child. The adoption process is sometimes unpredictable, but in the end
when the perfect child "your child" is in you arms, you quickly forget the
difficult times and look toward the future of being the best parents possible.
Deanna
Hello, I am Karolyn. Kevin and I have five of our nine
children still living at home
and four married with children. When we married I
adopted Kevin's birth
children, Eric and Amanda. Two of my children, Doug and
Kasey, opted to keep
their birth fathers name and Kristi chose to be adopted by
Kevin. We started
adoption proceedings three years into our marriage and to date
have adopted
Judah Benjamin, Isaac Paul, Janna Mae, and Josiah Aaron.
The first three were
very simple, routine legal proceedings. Josiah's
situation was a bit complex and
we were in Missouri for five weeks. Everyone is well and
thriving. It is exciting
to be blessed with a baby; it is also exciting to watch them
grow into young
people with their own personalities, ideas and gifts. We
are blessed!
Karolyn Zickafoose
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