Feeling the Mother’s Day Blues?
“Will all the mothers please stand up? Do you have any children?” Mothers Day is almost here and for many women it comes with some…
Letter To My Child’s Adoptive Mother,
To My Child’s Adoptive Mother, I write to you now because I have lived each day with this complexity and need to open up to…
Happy Birthday, Graham! A Birth Day Poem From Your Birth Father
One Year Ago One year ago the world became a better place. Our life’s became darker one year ago. Our sacrifice brought so much joy….
A Letter to My Adversaries in the Adoption Community
A Letter to my Adversaries in the Adoption Community Dear Adversaries, Sadly, traumatic events in life happen. Just being alive means we are going…
My Amazing Weeklong Visit with ALL of the Children that I Placed for Adoption
I had not seen 3 of my kids in about 10 years. The oldest currently lives with me. I received updates through their adoptive mom,…
How My Open Adoption Relationship Developed Over Time
I have been a birth mom for a little over five years. I have two birth sons placed with the same family who are 5…
“REAL STRENGTH”
“REAL STRENGTH” -a poem about adoption written by a loving birth father, the night his son was born. Today, once again you amazed me. I…
“THE EASY WAY”
“THE EASY WAY” A Poem about adoption from a birth father. Someone naively said once ” adoption is the easy way”. I beg to differ….
Why “Back to School” Can Be Hard For Women Who Have Placed a Child for Adoption
Why “Back to School” Can Be Hard For Women Who Have Placed a Child for Adoption. New Clothes, New Books and New Beginnings… (Inside…
Birth Mother’s Day: Then & Now
Birth Mother’s Day: Then & Now by Leah Outten Some birth moms love having a day to celebrate and honor their decision of adoption…