ATN Angel: Julie Beem
In celebration of ATN’s 2016 Angels in Adoption award, we’re profiling ATN members who have helped ATN win the award — and who have themselves been Angels to families and children. By: Stephanie Reh Garde If there was an ultimate ATN Angel, it would be Julie Beem. I still have the email exchange we had […]
ATN Angel: Michele Nigliazzo
In celebration of ATN’s 2016 Angels in Adoption award, we’re profiling ATN members who have helped ATN win the award — and who have themselves been Angels to families and children. By: Julie Beem Four years ago – August of 2012 – I attended the Nigliazzo Advocacy Center’s POWER Advocacy Training – and have been […]
ATN Angel: Taylor Davis
In celebration of ATN’s 2016 Angels in Adoption award, we’re profiling ATN members who have helped ATN win the award — and who have themselves been Angels to families and children. By: Sandy Davis Thinking about who has had the most impact on my life when it comes to understanding trauma & attachment…without a doubt […]
ATN Angel – Lynne Lyon
By: Julie Beem In celebration of ATN’s 2016 Angels in Adoption award, we’re profiling ATN members who have helped ATN win the award — and who have themselves been Angels to families and children. An ATN member who was one of my early heroes is Lynne Lyon. Back when I met her, in 1999, […]
ATN Angel: Jane Samuel
In celebration of ATN’s 2016 Angels in Adoption award, we’re profiling ATN members who have helped ATN win the award — and who have themselves been Angels to families and children. By: Laura Dennis Well, at the beginning, Jane made a difference to me just by being in the same state! As most ATN members […]
ATN Angel: Dr. Lark Eshleman
In celebration of ATN’s 2016 Angels in Adoption award, we’re profiling ATN members who have helped ATN win the award — and who have themselves been Angels to families and children. By: Jane Samuel My youngest child was getting to me. The daily tantrums. The inability to sit still for just one minute. The continual […]
ATN Angel: Nancy Spoolstra
In celebration of ATN’s 2016 Angels in Adoption award, we’re profiling ATN members who have helped ATN win the award — and who have themselves been Angels to families and children. By: Lorraine Schneider The first time I met Nancy Spoolstra, she threw her arms around me giving me a huge hug. She told me […]
ATN Angel: Donald Craig Peterson
By: Julie Beem Tireless. That’s the word that comes to mind when describing Craig Peterson. Those on Facebook know him as Donald Craig Peterson. Craig is an author, an activist, an advocate, an advisor…but most importantly he’s a dad. Parenting six he adopted as a single parent has been far from easy. His children have […]
ATN Angel: Stephanie Reh Garde
By: Sheilah Davidson In celebration of ATN’s 2016 Angels in Adoption award, we’re profiling ATN members who have helped ATN win the award — and who have themselves been Angels to families and children. Stephanie Garde: An angel among us. When researching solutions for my daughter’s attachment issues, I joined ATN and virtually “met” Stephanie […]
ATN Angel – Marc Deprey
By: Julie Beem In celebration of ATN’s 2016 Angels in Adoption award, we’re profiling ATN members who have helped ATN win the award — and who have themselves been Angels to families and children. Late one night I flew into the San Francisco airport and there he stood. Neither one of us was sure we’d […]