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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...
Final Preparations: A Trip to Vietnam
By Lyndsi Tellinghuisen I applied for the Hope’s Promise connection team trip to Vietnam in June, then I blinked, and here I am making final preparations. Emotions...
Creating a Memory Book for my Birth Child
By Adrian Collins A collage of childhood photos lay strewn across my desk as I held a pair of shears. I studied each photograph and wondered, What...