Healing and Recovery

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The Day I Threw My Guilt Away

Randomly scanning the familiar women's section in the bookstore, my eye caught the title "How Could You?" a book about mothers without custody of their children by Harriet Edwards... [more]

Replacing Emily

December 11, 2000 I sit alone in my bed thinking about the events of the day. Thinking about the events of the past two years. Today we celebrated her second birthday. Can you ever replac... [more]

Mary

Mary... Beyond the Canvas Portraits They met as women ...and suddenly their estrangement, which had transcended twenty-six years, was ending. In 1965, an all-too-brief "physical co... [more]

I Said It Out-Loud

I said it out-loud. After knowing it for over eight years. I said it out-loud without even realizing what my words would do. Everyone was taking turns around the room and I noticed the anx... [more]

Pray For Us

I write this to all the adoptive parents we (birthmothers) prayed for. My story is not much different than most. I found myself pregnant at 15 and very confused. I had grown up in a Christ... [more]

An Adoption Angel

Days after my baby boy's birth and relinquishment in an open adoption, I found myself feeling desperate and alone. I felt like no one else in the world understood the mixture of emotions I ... [more]

My Healing Experience After Reunion

Needing some time and space away from my home and family, I escape to an amazing facility, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. A picturesque lo... [more]

Is Anyone Out There?

I was pregnant and after endless hours of thinking and worrying, I had decided to make an adoption plan. I had chosen adoptive parents, Scott and Angee, and become very close to them. Angee... [more]

Relinquishing Me II

December 3rd, 1998 seems but a breath away in my memory. At any given moment I can recall and relive the events from that cool winter's morning. The scene lies untouched in the dark place o... [more]

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