Dear Birthmother Letter

Most of us who are connected to adoption have read the beautiful poem, The Legacy of an Adopted Child. The poem touches on what a Birthmother and an adoptive Mother have to offer an adopted child. From nationality, to a name; from direction, to life-this poem reminds both adoptive Mothers and...

INTRODUCTION "We can't have children of our own, and we're thinking about adopting a child. We feel really nervous about what we've heard about adoption and adopted kids. Would we love an adopted child as much as a child we produce? If we decide to adopt, we have no idea how to find a...

Yes, just a page or two after I said there was no right or wrong to writing a Dear Birthmother letter, I'm going to lay a few rules on you. Perhaps "rules" is a bad word to describe this chapter; these philosophies represent the core values upon which this book is based. Taken as a whole, they...

These are the stories of two women, Mary and Marlena. Both of their children are living with adoptive families. Both of these women share the same name, Birth Mother. However, the similarities end there. * * * Mary is due any day with her first child. She is very excited, as any new mother would...