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When my husband and I first started dating, he was well aware of my adoption story. We have known each other since we were young, but didn’t start dating until our mid-twenties. While he did not know about all the details, my adoption story wasn’t something I needed...

Bunmi Laditan is one of my favorite Authors. She is a poet, author, mom, and realist. She has a way of knitting words together that is equivalent to knitting wounds together. I am convinced that her words are blessed from God. Her poem is a declaration of love. I am...

Every woman’s journey into motherhood is different. While there may be shared similarities, each of our stories are distinctly unique. Regardless of the path taken, we have been granted the ultimate privilege of being called Mom. Motherhood is never an easy stroll but...

As a Birth Mother, I've learned that the path of motherhood in this instance does not end with the placement of a child. It's a lifelong responsibility that changes and deserves our attention, even though we are not parenting our child. Many people feel that...

Words matter. I would submit that definitions of words matter all the more. This month, we focused on not just what finalization in adoption means generally, but it what it means to each member of the adoption triad. What we found is that, for the most part, it was...

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. I've found this to be true in multiple facets of my life. My husband was deployed to Afghanistan for 13 months shortly after we got married. I missed him so much and upon his return, my heart and love for him had...

Final: coming at the end; being the last in a series, process, or progress. When I first became a Birth Mother, there was so much I didn’t know about adoption. I knew I was going to get updates and a few visits, but didn’t know how much work would be required of me...