“What is the name of my real mother?” When I heard these words, my stomach sank a bit.
Baby Talk
By Stacey Conner. Sometimes, I wonder if I worry too much about what my children can understand and what they cannot.
Throwing Sand into the Sky
With an ache in her heart, a mom answers her adoptive children's questions about their birth mothers.
Thank a Teacher
Anymommy is amazed at what she learns about the teachers that take care of children everyday at her foster parenting licensing training.
Born Again
It was nearly four years ago that my daughter was born to me, without pain or contractions, on the side of a road.
To My Daughter’s Birth Mother
I think of you often. You are the woman who gave my daughter life; my first child who called me “mommy.”
My Sam
You haven’t yet been matched to us. We haven’t yet learned your story or locked eyes with you for the first time. Yet, you exist.
Love is a Choice—An Adoption Story
My son Kyle is one of the bravest people I know. He was adopted from China one year ago at the age of three. In one afternoon, his life was completely turned upside down and sideways.
Elle Woods’ America
But if this election has taught me anything, it's that we need to lean on each other—now more than ever.
Just Say Yes—Our Journey To Adoption
We already have two beautiful, little toe-headed boys of our own and didn’t feel any need to rock the we’ve-finally-got-our-heads-above-water boat
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