I know I said that I would keep this survey open until February 5th, but it is almost the 3rd and there hasn't been any new responses in 2 days. I am going to be busy with work this week so I decided to do my data analysis today. And away we go! DISCLAIMER: This … Continue reading Inside the Mind of a Birthmother – Results Are In!
Tag: open adoption
Adoption always begins with a loss for the birth parents (and the rest of the birth family) as well as for the adoptee. Putting your finger on exactly what is lost can be difficult.
Overwhelmingly, the majority of responders were 26 or more years into being a birthmother. Approximately 34% to be exact. Only 6% were less than one year in. The middle groups of years were somewhat well-rounded.
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
Today I will open up an intimate part of my life for all of the world to see. I will share with you a few letters that IKL's sisters have written to her. I do this in order to show that the effects of an adoption are much broader than one may think of at … Continue reading Letters From the “Kept” Siblings
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