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Dear Charlie, My Love Didn’t End at Goodbye

Motherhood
October 17, 2019
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By Kimberly Taschereau

Dear Charlie, My Love Didn’t End at Goodbye

Dear Charlie, It all started with a positive pregnancy test in October of 2018. The fear I felt was unlike…

A Family Can Be Born in More Ways Than One

Faith, Motherhood
October 8, 2019
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By Beth Renner Regrut

A Family Can Be Born in More Ways Than One

At some point in my late 20s, parenting became just about the only life goal I could focus on. I’d…

Baby, Motherhood
October 1, 2019
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By Kristina Guerrero

To the Baby Boy I Chose Not to Raise

Every year around the same time, close to when you were born, I am reminded of the most difficult choice…

Dear Birth Mom, Thank You For the Gift of My Son

Motherhood
September 28, 2019
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By Kimberly Keys

Dear Birth Mom, Thank You For the Gift of My Son

Dear birth mom, How can the mom who got to adopt your baby ever thank you enough? Before your brave…

Baby, Motherhood
September 12, 2019
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By Kimberly Keys

To My Adopted Baby: You Saved Me

To my adopted baby, As you get older, you're going to hear a lot of people talk about adoption in…

A Woman I’ve Never Met Carried My Son For 37 Weeks

Kids, Motherhood
July 25, 2019
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By Tara Quellhorst

A Woman I’ve Never Met Carried My Son For 37 Weeks

A woman I have never met, and possibly will never meet, carried my son in her body for 37 weeks.…

Kids, Motherhood
June 25, 2019
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By Shelley Skuster

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.…

Child, Faith, Motherhood
June 21, 2019
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

I Chose You Before I Met You

It had been three years since our youngest daughter died from a rare genetic disorder at the age of seven…

Child, Kids, Motherhood
June 3, 2019
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By Megan Hamby

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…

The Kids We Adopted Aren’t the Lucky Ones—We Are

Kids, Motherhood
May 3, 2019
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By Briana Bradley Wilson

The Kids We Adopted Aren’t the Lucky Ones—We Are

My kids look like me. I know, most people can say the same thing. But, for us, it’s always a…

We May Not Share DNA, But My Heart is Yours

Child
March 25, 2019
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5 Minute Read

By Samantha Knaub

We May Not Share DNA, But My Heart is Yours

Your blonde hair doesn't match my brown hair. The fact that we have the same big, blue eyes is just…

We are an Adoption Success Story—and it’s Still Hard

Kids, Motherhood
November 14, 2018
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5 Minute Read

By Maralee Bradley

We are an Adoption Success Story—and it’s Still Hard

November is National Adoption Awareness month and over the years we've been an adoptive family, my feelings about this month…

Adoption

Dear Charlie, My Love Didn’t End at Goodbye

A Family Can Be Born in More Ways Than One

To the Baby Boy I Chose Not to Raise

Dear Birth Mom, Thank You For the Gift of My Son

To My Adopted Baby: You Saved Me

A Woman I’ve Never Met Carried My Son For 37 Weeks

At Long Last, I Really am “Mom”

I Chose You Before I Met You

I Could Have Missed This Life With You

The Kids We Adopted Aren’t the Lucky Ones—We Are

We May Not Share DNA, But My Heart is Yours

We are an Adoption Success Story—and it’s Still Hard

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