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The Words That Feel Like a Punch in the Gut
By: Anonymous Adoption is part of our story, but it does not define our day-to-day lives. It’s been almost five years since we brought home our baby...
Vietnam: So Much More Than A War
By Colleen Briggs The tank squats low and heavy in the middle of the city at the center of a roundabout, a giant hunk of refuse. Dark,...
Adoption is … Imperfect
By Adrian Collins I wanted to be the courageous birth mom. I wanted to be the attentive adoptive mom for my son. I wanted to be the...
Overcoming Grief and Guilt as a Birth Mom
By Julie Cordodor I have been a birth mother for eight years. There are times when these eight years have felt longer, and sometimes its still hard...
On Handling Adoptive Parent Guilt
By Karla Baumann It was only three weeks from the time we learned we’d been chosen by an expectant mother to the time our son entered the...