Category: Birth Mother

It takes a lot of humility, sacrifice and courage to choose adoption. A mother’s decision to place for adoption is not easy and does not mean she did not want

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

The idea of birth parent seems so weird sometimes. It can make me feel like an alien species that none of the “normal” population can understand. I just have to

BraveLove is excited to announce the start of something NEW! We are launching a birth mom editorial column called Being a Birth Mom - a special space for birth moms from

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For my birth son, A decision so selfless, a love so pure. You were a gift from the Lord and a blessing for her. As the days pass by quickly

I know there have been stories like mine and women who have been where I’ve been. I haven't met many birth mothers...but we don't exactly wear a label on our shirts

We can acknowledge the love and bravery surrounding adoption. But sometimes it's easy to forget (or even easier to gloss over) the realities that adoption can be hard, complicated, and

I began to feel so afraid of how reckless my life had become, that I figured perhaps if I merely "ran away" from all the poison that had began to

Meet Jessica. A few months ago, Jessica reached out to BraveLove looking for a way to get involved. Being a passionate writer and birth mom herself, it was evident that