How to Choose a Better Life for Your Baby

reality, go do some fucking heroin and O.D. Dumb fuck. You're a dumb fuck is what you are." -Andy Ross, as said to my daughter at age 15.

Sincerely Yours No More

..pink bundle, perfect, beautiful, needing me, wanting me, all you need.. ..self-hating, worthless, lies I tell myself, that I believe, can’t see, truth.. ..society doesn’t want me        to be, judgment and words that cut me, help me cut you.. ..out of my life.. ..forever severed.. ..stranger in the crowd, faceless child of … Continue reading Sincerely Yours No More

Catelynn & Tyler of MTV’s Teen Mom – A Lesson in Reality

"Bethany was really supportive of me. They helped me answer any questions or any worries that I have, they taught me about grief and how to go through that; just kind of show me that I'm the person who makes my adoption plan. I'm the person that makes it look how I want it to … Continue reading Catelynn & Tyler of MTV’s Teen Mom – A Lesson in Reality

Dear Hoping to Adopt

I'm sure, by now, I'm loathed by most who have found themselves in my corner of the world wide Web via an innocent Google search about how to adopt a baby. That's okay. I get it. My writing is blunt and I don't mince words. I'd like to take some time, however, to speak directly … Continue reading Dear Hoping to Adopt

The Sun and the Ghost

The following is a chapter from the book I am writing, "Whispers of Grace." The months following the relinquishment of IKL I had the same nightmare frequently. I still have this nightmare once in a great while. Most of the nightmares I have now are different but revolve around the same theme, saving my baby. … Continue reading The Sun and the Ghost