A Phone Call Made Us Parents—A Mother’s Sacrifice Made Us a Family
“I’d like you to be the parents for my daughter,” my heart pounded in response to the immediate realization of…
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By Adrian Collins I Placed Her For Adoption At Birth, Then Adopted My Daughter Nearly Two Decades Later
Falling aspen leaves draped the sidewalks in brilliant yellows while my daughter and I browsed clothing stores and talked about…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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4 Things a Birth Mom Wants Adoptive Families To Know
The minutes on the hospital clock dwindled as I swaddled my infant daughter one last time before she was permanently…
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