Category: Birth Mother

If Not For You from The Austin Stone on Vimeo. It's been 22 years since Janice has seen her firstborn son Grant. In this documentary, she shares the loss she

Not every mother can be a mom, and not every mom gets to be a mother. It doesn't seem fair, but life can be like that. And we all just

A single mother named Amber once made the difficult and loving decision to place her daughter for adoption. It was out of her deep love for her daughter and her

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

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

Most people generally know me as a hard-working, single mother with one son. Most people don't know I have two. I was being a parent in making the decision I wasn't

A letter leads a birth mother and daughter to their reunion after 40 years.  Meet Lesli, who is a birth mother and is getting ready to meet her daughter Shannon

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

One word to describe how you felt the moment you discovered you were pregnant? Scared Why did you choose adoption? I wanted to give my child the best life possible.

I have written to you once before. It was the day your adoptive family came to take you home. I was 15 at the time, and lost in my feelings.