Dear Birth Mom, As My Children Leave, I Love You More
Dear Birth mom, My words are weak. When I think of you, emotions well up inside me. Emotions that have no words. Emotions that are so intensely filled with gratitude and…
My Birth Mother Was a Playboy Bunny
My Birth Mother Was a Playboy Bunny Adopted children often have high expectations of their birth parents. As a small child, Katie supposed "my birth mother was a princess," heir…
Find Hope in Adoption: Birth & Adoptive Parents Feel Powerless
Find Hope in Adoption: When Both Birth Mothers and Adoptive Parents Feel Powerless We hear our hopeful adoptive parents. You feel powerless. We hear our courageous birth mothers. You feel…
When Birth Parents Don’t Respond
Letters Left Unanswered: When Birth Parents Don’t Respond Alexander knows what it’s like to write a letter and never hear back. He wrote his birth mom a letter. Not out…
You’re Not My Real Parents
"You're Not My Real Parents"—Words That Burn and Linger There's no universal way that people feel about being adopted. For Alexander, it was a slow layering of emotions—some clear, some…
When Curiosity Meets Identity: Searching for Biological Roots
Searching for Biological Roots Searching for Roots: An Adoptee’s Quiet Journey Toward Truth Alexander’s search for his birth mother wasn’t about replacing family—it was about understanding identity.There's a shift that…
Full Circle: Adoptee Becomes Adoptive Father
Full Circle: Adoptee Becomes Adoptive Father “Something changes when you hold a child in your arms that mirrors the path you’ve walked.” Alexander muses. Alexander didn’t step into adoption blind.…