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In Defense of the Adopted
  • Kids, Motherhood
  • December 19, 2022
  • 526 Views
  • 4  Minute Read
  • By Crystal Fulmer
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In Defense of the Adopted

As I sit here in the throes of writing a book, I realize I’m at a crossroads. The story that…

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I’m Giving My Daughter Space To Define Her Adoption
  • Motherhood
  • November 21, 2022
  • 236 Views
  • 4  Minute Read
  • By Samantha Koellhoffer
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I’m Giving My Daughter Space To Define Her Adoption

I cracked a joke, and as I walked from the table, I heard her mutter to her friends, “Good thing…

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The Unseen Turmoil of an Adoption Decision
  • Motherhood
  • February 8, 2022
  • 720 Views
  • 5  Minute Read
  • By Her View From Home
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The Unseen Turmoil of an Adoption Decision

We first found out about the possibility in early November. Usually, when our adoption agency shows our profile book, we…

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Here’s What You Need To Know About My Child’s Birth Mom
  • Motherhood
  • December 23, 2021
  • 996 Views
  • 4  Minute Read
  • By Kimberly Keys
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Here’s What You Need To Know About My Child’s Birth Mom

We've all been on the receiving end of nosy questions at some point in our lives. When these questions are…

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Adopting a Child Starts With Loss But Ends in Beauty
  • Motherhood
  • November 19, 2020
  • 1K Views
  • 4  Minute Read
  • By Sue Volikas
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Adopting a Child Starts With Loss But Ends in Beauty

November is National Adoption Month. And I’m here for it. Because . . . I would be lost without adoption.…

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Adoption is Never a Second Best Option
  • Motherhood
  • August 14, 2020
  • 2.6K Views
  • 5  Minute Read
  • By Kimberly Keys
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Adoption is Never a Second Best Option

When my beautiful and perfect baby boy was just a few months old, I was at the grocery store picking…

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To the Waiting Adoptive Parent, I See Your Strength
  • Motherhood
  • November 8, 2019
  • 1K Views
  • 4  Minute Read
  • By Kimberly Keys
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To the Waiting Adoptive Parent, I See Your Strength

Dear waiting adoptive parent, I see you as you check your phone and e-mail too many times a day, wondering…

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Gotcha, For the Rest of Our Lives
  • Kids
  • November 2, 2019
  • 822 Views
  • 5  Minute Read
  • By Debbie Prather
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Gotcha, For the Rest of Our Lives

The stout and stern, dark-haired judge scared the living heck out of us. She fired one question after another and…

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At Long Last, I Really am “Mom”
  • Kids, Motherhood
  • June 25, 2019
  • 1.2K Views
  • 3  Minute Read
  • By Shelley Skuster
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At Long Last, I Really am “Mom”

My husband and I shuffle down the hall and take the elevator to the lobby. The metal doors bolt open.…

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I Could Have Missed This Life With You
  • Child, Kids, Motherhood
  • June 3, 2019
  • 815 Views
  • 4  Minute Read
  • By Megan Hamby
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I Could Have Missed This Life With You

When I was 18 years old, I told my then-boyfriend I knew my future family would one day be built…

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The Ache While We Wait to Adopt
  • Adoption, Faith
  • March 26, 2018
  • 1.3K Views
  • 4  Minute Read
  • By Caroline Saunders
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The Ache While We Wait to Adopt

  There’s a persistent ache, but sometimes I can ignore it. I can turn up the volume of what’s around…

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"She is me, each and every one of them, a woman wi "She is me, each and every one of them, a woman with a mother in Heaven.⁣
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A mother who feels both so loving and so gone all at the same time. A mother who feels absent from everything and present in everything all at the same time. A mother in Heaven, unable to be present like the mothers of the friends I know. A mother who shows up in ways only I can understand and moments only I can feel."⁣
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Written by @hopeandharshrealities
I’d be a better mom if . . .⁣ ⁣ I said yes m I’d be a better mom if . . .⁣
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I said yes more.⁣
I said no more.⁣
I played with my kid more.⁣
I made my kid play independently more.⁣
I sent my kids to school.⁣
I kept my kids home.⁣
I let my kid cry it out.⁣
I let my kid sleep in my room.⁣
I cooked and cleaned more often.⁣
I pushed the to-do list to the side.⁣
I was able to breastfeed longer.⁣
I wasn’t so tired and stressed all the time.⁣
I always offered well-balanced meals.⁣
I let my kids choose what they want to eat.⁣
I didn’t worry so much.⁣
I worried a little more.⁣
I didn’t yell when I lose my patience.⁣
I didn’t shrug it off when my kid has a meltdown in the toy aisle.⁣
I planned more family activities.⁣
I relaxed and enjoyed family time at home more.⁣
I potty-trained my kid sooner.⁣
I let my kids hit milestones in their own time.⁣
I gave my kid a sibling.⁣
I gave my kid more one-on-one time.⁣
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UGHHH.⁣
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Sound familiar? We can be pretty hard on ourselves.⁣
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I’ll tell you a secret though (one I have to remind myself of daily).⁣
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Want to know how you would REALLY feel like a better mom?⁣
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If you let those misconceptions go.⁣
If you were just YOU.⁣
If you accept the mom you are.⁣
If you stop comparing yourself to that mom over there.⁣
If you remember you were hand-picked to be your children’s mother.⁣
If you show up for your kids even so.⁣
If you love your kids with every ounce of your being.⁣
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Now tell me, can you do those things, mama? Can you love the person you are as much as those little ones love you?⁣
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You do that, and you’re the best mom you can be.⁣
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No question about it.⁣
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Written by @motherhoodawry
Grateful ❤️ Grateful ❤️
"Hearing you—even you!—say so? Whew. That’s "Hearing you—even you!—say so? Whew. That’s the kind of reassurance we all need as mothers."⁣
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I watch you sometimes—when I’m pretty certain I watch you sometimes—when I’m pretty certain you don’t know I’m looking.⁣
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When you’re doing your thing.⁣
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When you’re being you apart from me.⁣
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And it’s in those moments that I see most clearly: you are such a masterpiece.⁣
Sometimes I forget that. I get frazzled. Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Busy. Annoyed. Frustrated. Blinded.⁣
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This motherhood thing is messy and complicated and sometimes I’m not sure I’m really cut out for it.⁣
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When I’m in the middle of fixing snacks and folding laundry and picking up broken crayons for the umpteenth time that day . . . I allow you to feel like a chore. Another thing on my to-do list.⁣
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Take care of the kids—annnnnd check.⁣
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I go about my days with the end goal of getting us all to bedtime, and I fail to see you for the beautiful, incredible human beings that you are.⁣
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I overlook how amazing it is that you are mine and I am yours and somehow, somewhere in this life—we were given to one another.⁣
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Sometimes it takes a big step back to see the whole picture clearly. So today I watched you, and I was reminded . . .⁣
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You, my loves, are the greatest gifts my hands will ever hold. And I’ll never let go.⁣
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