I was talking with a woman about her and her husbands decision to consider adopting their foster son. She said something that particularly stuck with me, she said she, “struggles to see herself as his mommy.” I don’t know anyone else in my daily life that has placed a child for adoption. However, I know many that have either adopted children or are considering adoption so I quietly listen and watch from another perspective. Most are not aware of my experience and when given t

When I realized it had been a year since I started blogging, I decided to celebrate by changing the theme. If you have blogged for any period of time you know that when you do that you have to edit the posts to “work” with the theme. So I did just that. Not only is it my blogging anniversary but it will also be Mary’s birthday on February 27. After all, that story was the original purpose of blogging. How fitting that I decided to re-post My Story: I grew up in a humble home,

When I decided to share my story of adoption, I realized I would need to talk about the details of the story at some point –  like when I would walk two blocks from my house to a pregnancy center for the pregnancy test; and how I would feel after being told; or when I would tell my mother, and how she would respond; or what it was like to go to the first doctors appointment. I don’t remember all the details surrounding this time in my life. However, certain things trigger the