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title: Adoption Advice From Gladney Parents
description: Each month, we will ask Gladney Parents, Mike & Astra, a question about their adoption experience. As you explore adoption as an option for your family, it's always good to get adoption advice from those that have walked the journey before you.
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# [Adoption Advice From Gladney Parents](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/adoption-advice-from-gladney-parents-september)

 Written by [Gladney Center for Adoption](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/gladney-center-for-adoption) | 9/13/18, 2:52 PM

As you are exploring adoption as an option for your family, we are sure that you have many questions. Once a month we ask Mike & Astra a question about their adoption experience.

### **Adoption Advice**

**Question:**

**What does family mean to you?** 

**Answer:**

*Family does not have limits, nor does it have a prerequisite. Family consists of the people who we love, who love us, and who are there for us through the good times and bad times, support us in our dreams, and inspire us to be better humans. Family consists of our blood relatives, our friendships that we've created through the years, our church home, and of course, primarily just the three of us.* 

We encourage you to share this adoption advice with others and find out what advice your social network would provide. 

 

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