• To the birth moms who gave me siblings.

    Dear Birth Moms, Just last month, we celebrated World Adoption Day. Maybe you knew that. Maybe you were totally unaware. I don’t know if you checked your social media accounts that

  • “She has two mothers who love her” — Lisa’s Story

    Last month was National Adoption Month and I was finally given the courage to share my story. I will never forget the day when I decided to place my child

  • Being a birth mom is part of my story – not my whole identity

    If you ask me about myself; I will tell you I am a wife, and a mama to 4 kiddos, I will say that I love Jesus and journaling, and

  • Meet Kaedra

    Meet Kaedra! Our next Being A Birth Mom contributor... I placed my son for adoption 14 years ago, in 2002. I was 19, and I knew that was the very

  • “Let me Meet My Son Again One More Time” — Robyn’s Story

    “I loved him enough to give him life. But I had to love him, even more, to give him a life.” That is the response I give when I am

  • Expectations in Adoption

    As humans we’re accustomed to having expectations. We expect drivers to stay in their lane. We expect stores to stay open until they say they are going to. We like to

  • Preview of Adrianne’s Story (short)

    BraveLove Tip:  You can embed this video on your own website, but we'd ask that you link back to BraveLove.org. Click here to grab the embed code. That link will take

  • Preview of Hannah’s Story (short)

    BraveLove Tip:  You can embed this video on your own website, but we'd ask that you link back to BraveLove.org. Click here to grab the embed code. That link will

  • Meet Abby

    Meet Abby - our next contributor to Being a Birth Mom! We met Abby this summer at a conference in Dallas, TX. After meeting Abby, there are two things we

  • Still Saying “Still”

    I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I respond to people when they find out that I’m a birth mother. It’s interesting to think about my natural response because