Category: Birth Mother

Twenty three years later, I am still in awe of my open adoption journey. The relationships I have developed and the person I have become because of this adoption journey

I was already a single Mother when I found out I was pregnant again. I was in a place of constant survival mode. I’d come home from working two jobs

"Star Power" - A Poem by Tara Meyer Dull Someday I want to tell you about the day anger walked through the door. Stormy steps, jaw clenched. It was the

I placed my daughter (Zoe) for adoption 11 years ago. I was 17 at the time and ready for my senior year in high school, and Zoe’s birth dad was

Last week, we received two open letters from one birth mother (we’ll refer to her as “Mummy”). Mummy relinquished her son Seth when he was 2 1/2 years old. She

Proud to be adopted, and prouder still to be a Birth Mother. Another Mother’s day approaches. An overwhelming deep sadness rolls over and thru me. Sadness that has changed me

Recently the National Council for Adoption hosted a webinar called "What We Want Adoption Professionals to Know" and invited two birth mothers, Jan and Heather, to participate on the panel. We

In honor of Mother’s Day, here's a story told by one woman who has actually walked in the shoes of birth mothers and adoptive mothers. When faced with the challenges

You can't read an adoption story without a then and now. The world sees an event where the adoption community knows evolution. My journey is seventeen years long and counting. Seventeen

Enough time has passed I think, that I’m ready to share this. Yet the memories of the experience are as real today as they were when I had them. I’ve