Waiting To Stand
I can remember it like yesterday. Sitting in church on Mother’s Day as all the other mommies stood…
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The Adoption Chronicles :: Part 1
Are we really doing this?! My husband and I stared at each other with the same deer-in-headlights look…
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We Haven’t Told Our Kids They’re Adopted Yet
Ever since I was a young girl, I knew I wanted a big family. A miscarriage after my…
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From Foster to Forever :: An interview on the adoption process
The number one goal in foster care is reunification with the birth parents or a family member; however,…
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Embryo Adoption :: So Much More Than Reasonable
“Reasonable.” This was the first word I ever heard to describe our son. Not handsome, not sweet, but…
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Our Adoption Story :: Part 1
November is National Adoption Awareness month. This month is special to me because I love having an opportunity…
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Our adoption story :: Part 2
Make sure you catch up on Part 1 first! When the call came, I knew she either had…
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Becoming Three Kinds of Mothers :: Biological, Adoptive, and Foster
It’s funny, I never wanted to be a mom. I was the one who aways said, “I don’t…
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To Our Child’s Birthmother
Today is a day that our family has celebrated for the past four years. Tomorrow will be the…
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I Call Them “Mom” and “Dad”: An Adoptee”s Perspective
It’s springtime in western Pennsylvania, 1981. Two people who love each other very much had been trying to…
