About the Author

Sharla Kostelyk is the mother of seven children, two by the miracle of birth and five through the miracle of adoption. Sharla and her husband were foster parents for eight years.  Sharla speaks to groups of prospective foster and adoptive parents and to current adoptive parents.  Sharla is passionate about foster care, adoption, and orphan care and in 2011, she started Adoption Magazine, an online resource for those whose lives have been touched by adoption or foster care.