Choosing a Family and Finding Strength
Barricading Herself in a Hotel Room Two weeks after her positive pregnancy test, Josephine barricaded herself in a hotel room to call an adoption agency. "I put the lock on…
Barricading Herself in a Hotel Room Two weeks after her positive pregnancy test, Josephine barricaded herself in a hotel room to call an adoption agency. "I put the lock on…
"I didn't know I was pregnant," Josephine said. "I knew I was tired, but I didn't know I was pregnant. I needed a good adoption agency near me and i…
In a city of over 10 million, the mother didn't feel alone. The faint flutter of a moth woke Josephine. She lay in the soft dark. Lights from distant Atlantic…
Guest blogger from a new case manager Airports were a mystery for the first birth mother I assisted in my role as a new case manager. This remarkable woman had…
"Adoption wasn't the first option I thought of," Ellie* looked up from inspecting her long, beautifully kept fingernails. She smiled slightly, her makeup less polished than in days past. Having…
Ellie* momentarily ceased wringing her hands to inte rcept her son's playful trot. Embracing her two-year-old tightly, he endured the hug before scampering off to retrieve a bright red fire…
“I was terrified many times,”Rachel, a birth mother, laughed quietly as she recounted the terrifying moments she faced over the past year. “Don’t stop because of your fear. It may…