Please see "EDIT" at the bottom before reading. While New Year's hasn't yet come upon us, Christmas is said and done. Holidays and birthdays are always really hard in this life as a "birthmom." I imagine that for some adoptees it is as well. I can only write from my point of view, in my … Continue reading The Christmas Hangover
Month: December 2014
Well, all I can say is "that was fast." About a week ago I blogged about some of my family's secrets. Hidden in the blog post was a quip about my mother's biological "half" brother that was out there somewhere. We had no last name, no exact birth date, no connection (on paper) to her … Continue reading Lost, Then Found.
My friend, Claudia, over at Musings of the Lame is trying to build up a nationwide database of pregnancy resources to help mother keep and parent their children.
Adversity. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines adversity as a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune. Adversity is something we all must face at one point in our lives or another. Some people face it continuously and others from time to time. No one is immune from it. Adversity, at face value, appears to … Continue reading Robbing Children of Their Adversity
I am the child of an adoptee. I am also a birthmother. When I was pregnant and told my mom the plans I had for adoption she was not happy, to put it mildly. More about that later. My mother is technically an adoptee. She was adopted by her stepfather and he is, and has … Continue reading My Family Secrets
Musings of a Birthmom by Jennifer Wachowski 
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