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Sometimes, you come across something that is so great and wonderful that you want to share it with everyone you know. This video is one of those things.

A few years ago, Ben and Renee Welstead, a couple from Nebraska, adopted their daughters, Cora and Ruby, through the foster care system. The video, made by the husband and wife photography team of Ashley and Jeremy Parsons, was originally posted in 2012. However, this week it has made a viral comeback, and rightfully so. It’s a stunning portrait of an adoption journey and that, as Huffington Post said, “it’s love that makes a family.”

The Welsteads have since fostered more children, and have adopted twins, who are the biological siblings of Cora and Ruby!

Their story is one of many forever families who are brought together by the adoption process. If you are expectant parent or adoptive parent looking for more information about the adoption process, please contact us!

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Image: Parsons Photography.

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As a social worker who helped women with unexpected pregnancies, I saw that adoptions needed more heart and connection! I created Adoption & Beyond to create genuine connections between birth and adoptive families. Then life threw me the most beautiful plot twist – I became an adoptive mom myself! Talk about on-the-job training! For over 30 years, I've guided families through adoption with transparency, education, and ongoing support long after the "welcome home" balloons are gone. Feeling uncertain? I'm here to walk beside you on this amazing family-building journey.