Articles include: New OA&FS Web Site Launches, Creating Community by OA&FS Adoptive Mother Lisa Adriance, Becoming A Family by OA&FS Adoptive Father Scobie Puchtler, Resource for Seattle-Area Families by OA&FS Adoptive Mother and AFFGS Volunteer Toni Higgs, Bulgarian Adoption Professionals Visit OA&FS, Open Adoption: What Do You Want the World to Know? and more.

Articles include: About My Open Adoption by Ariel (Open Adoptee); Why We Chose Open Adoption by Ariel's Family; Milestone Reached with DHS; OA&FS Sister Agencies; The Birthmom to Birthmom Connection by Liane (OA&FS Birthmother).

OA&FS 25th Anniversary Issue, articles include: Raising Awareness About Open Adoption; Remembering Annette Baran; Meet Board Member April Vanderkamp (Open Adoptee); Pregnancy Options Dialogue in Portland; Birthmother Retreat 2010; Volunteer Spotlight: A Birthmom Shares Her Wisdom; OA&FS Joins the Adoption Access Network.

Articles include: Opening Adoption: A National Trend; Do You Have Any Children? by Birthmom and OA&FS Board Member Melissa Bursch; Study Includes OA&FS Families; Culture, Race and Opennness; Birthparent Grief and Openness; Support for Adoptive Parents.

Transracial adoption issue, articles include: Preparing for Transracial Adoption; Pregnancy Options Dialogue, Interview with Claire (Open Adoptee adopted transracially); Lifegivers: An Annual Retreat for Birthmothers; Words from Adoptive Parents Who Adopted Transracially; Resources for Transracial Adoption; A Transracially-Adopted Child’s Bill of Rights.

Articles include: Dialogue with David (Open Adoptee and OA&FS Board Member); Rain or Shine Children’s Book Now Available; This I Believe by Ashleigh (Birth sister of Lela); Adoption Dialogue; Dan Savage; Making Room In Our Hearts book review by Kathleen Silber; OA&FS Teen Panel and Birthmother’s Story DVDs Available.

Articles include: Benefits of Birthfather Involvement; Birthfather’s Matter; Including Birthfathers?; Juno movie review by Shari Levine (OA&FS Executive Director); 2008 Client Survey.

 Articles include: Openness Without Contact?; Out of Touch: Why Some Birthparents Are Unable to Stay in Contact; Honoring Sibling Connections; Tool Kit for Creating a Culture of Openness In Your Adoption; Ask Astrid; Openness A to Z by Carol Merwin (OA&FS Board Member and Adoptive Mother).

Articles include: Out of Touch 2: Guidance from a Birthparent on Maintaining Contact; Sharing the News: Why Adoptive Parents Might Slip Out of Touch by Carol Merwin (OA&FS Board Member and Adoptive Mother); Life Challenges Can Create Distance; Insights from Lifegivers Retreat