Together Forever No Matter What: Can a Family Really Be Forever? (Paperback or Softback)

Enter into the honest conversation of an adopted child with his mother.

He lost his first family and worries that he could lose this one too.

Is there something he could do or say, someplace he could run, some big feeling that he could feel that would cause him to lose this family, too?

See how his mother patiently puts his fear at ease and assures him that this family will be together forever... no matter what!

"One of the biggest gifts we can give our adopted children is a safe place to explore difficult feelings, but it's often intimidating to start these important conversations. That's why we're thankful for Together Forever No Matter What! It tenderly explores these scary emotions while providing parents with the language they need to be a source of stability and safety. Every adoptive parent should own this book!"

Jimmy and Kelly Needham

Hosts of the Clearly Podcast, authors, speakers, adoptive parents

"As both an adoptee myself and the mother of adopted kids, I can highly recommend Together Forever No Matter What as an engaging and gentle means to open the door to tough but necessary conversations, with sweet sensitivity for the tender heart of an adopted child."

Connilyn Cossette

Christy Award Winning and ECPA best-selling author, adoptive parent

"This book not only addresses the fear children have of abandonment, but also models gracious parenting. It truly mirrors the love that God our Father has for each one of us and the fact that we all need to be reminded daily that we're loved, valued, and wanted. I believe many adoptive families will find great comfort and healing in reading this book with their children. It also has great potential to open up discussions with children who may have been afraid to say anything."

Trisha Porter

Chief Engagement Officer at Backyard Orphans, adoptive mom

"Charity Clayton's book Together Forever No Matter What has the answer to an adopted child's deepest question: 'Will you always love me?' A parent taking time to read this book out loud to their child gives them words of promise, assurance, and love that every child wants to hear."

Jason Curry

President of Texas Baptist Home for Children, adoptive dad

"If adoption is part of your family's story, this book is for you. It will help encourage your kiddos as well as help you assure them of the forever they have with you. This book is a must-have for your library."

Kasi and Shane Pruitt

Adoption and Foster Care Ministry Coordinator at Lakepointe Church, National Next Gen Director NAMB, author, adoptive parents

"Together Forever are words every adoptive child needs to not only hear, but to feel. In this book, Charity Clayton has done a fantastic job portraying how the sweetest of moments between an adoptive mother and son can play out in order to bring not only healing to the child, but also to the mama. So often mothers need to be led to safety, as well, on the journey of raising children from hard places. It is in the very words of this book that safety is born between a parent and child."

Paula St. John

LCSW, TBRI practitioner, adoptive mom

Charity was born in Dallas, Texas, and now resides in Waxahachie, Texas, where she and her husband, Aaron, have planted a church. They have four beautiful children, two adopted and two biological. Their difficult road in adoption led them to get the help and training they so desperately needed to connect with and parent their kids from hard places. After going through TCU's Hope Connect Camp, where they learned TBRI principles, Empowered to Connect Parent Training, and working with a child and family therapist in their home, Aaron and Charity are now certified parent trainers. Together, they find great joy in offering hope to adoptive parents, equipping them to understand and connect with their children.

Becca was born in Dallas, Texas. She has settled into a cozy home in the sweet town of Waxahachie, Texas, where she has found a freedom to create in a variety of ways, but her favorite thing to do is draw. As a young girl, Becca knew she wanted to be an artist. After a missionary artist came to her church when she was a little girl, Becca decided she would be a missionary artist too, even though she had no clue what that meant. She began to draw everything in sight. And as she did, her parents encouraged her to keep drawing and nurtured her gift, buying her whatever supplies she needed. Becca eventually became an artist, and after years teaching secondary art, Becca began a jewelry design business called Onyah Designs, which came to a close in 2020. Since then she has rested from that long season as an entrepreneur, and in that rest has re-discovered her love of drawing. She has found joy in getting back to her roots and using the gifts God has given her!