It’s my Birthday!
It’s my Birthday! Another year has passed and with it comes the realization that my birthday is also my children’s birthday and my mother’s birthday and hers before her and yadda yadda yadda. We are all here because of each other. Life is an amazing thing. As you reflect on your own life and…
A Little Acknowledgement for Birth Moms on Mother’s Day Can Go a Long Way
Mothers Day is on the way….. Did you know that Birth Mothers Day is the Saturday before Mothers Day? One of the most supportive things you can do for a birth mom this Mothers Day is to be willing to acknowledge her as a mother. Even though she is not able to parent her child, …
Birth Mom Head Talk
Question and Reminder- How are you choosing to live TODAY? What kind of head talk permeates your thinking each day? Yesterday we can look back to in love and learn from and tomorrow isn’t yet within our grasp. But Today is in our control. Today we have choices. Big and little choices will always be…
Healing is Possible
Healing—-Part of healing comes in how we see certain experiences. We can see our own experiences in a variety of ways. For example – Maybe you were coerced into placing your child for adoption or child protective services took your child or children out of your care. Your frame of reference or the way you…
Meet John Borgstedt – Child Abuse Survivor and Hero for Others
It wouldn’t be accurate if we didn’t shed awareness on the topic of abuse especially in the adoption community. Abuse is no stranger to the adoption community. Recent news articles could be shared that all tell horrific stories of children being abused by foster and adoptive families. Many members of the adoption triad have suffered…