Mother’s Day
Every year Mothers day comes around I am unsure of how I’ll be. I was going to write a post …
Category Archives: Birthmom grief
The long mile : The long term effects of adoption loss on your family
When you enter into the world of adoptionland as a mother of loss, certain events in your family become cause …
Hey Birthmothers! You Made your Choice, Just Get Over It
Originally posted on Out of the First Mom Closet:
Up until I relinquished my son for adoption, I had a pretty rosy view of adoption…
The Dark Place – Part 3 – Emerging into Recovery
* Please see part 1 here: Down the Rabbit Hole *Please see part 2 here: The Lab Rat Years PART …
The Dark Place – Part 2- The Lab Rat years
*Please see Part 1 here: PART 2 – THE LAB RAT YEARS My DR tried to help me, but she …
The Dark Place- PART 1 – Down The Rabbit Hole
*This is Part 1 of a 3 Part post. * PART 1 – DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Adoption, and the …
Anonymous IF – The Question of Pre-Birth Matching
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
The topic of pre-birth matching is a hot one. On one hand, an expectant mother would…
My Desperate Plea – Searching – October 29, 1993, Kingsport, Tennessee
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
There are SO many people that are searching for birth family or for the child they…
The update to “Newly Minted Birthmoms”
This in an update to the post Newly Minted Birthmoms. It is in response to me flipping out over yet …
Ambiguous Loss
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
Adoption always begins with a loss for the birth parents (and the rest of the birth…
Words once Spoken
I knew, this summer when my son turned 19 it was going to be a turning point. To me, it …
Women That Relinquish To The Famous or Prominent
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
Every time you turn on the news or stand in line next to a tabloid it…
Crossroads to Healing
So, for the last few days, I’ve been making everybody cry for the most part. I’ve read all your comments …
Being the first “kept” child and a second generation birthmom
I am the first “kept” child of a birthmom in a closed adoption. Being the first kept child of a …
Newly Minted Birthmoms
Freshly churned out of the adoption machine. The newly minted birthmom unleashed into the world. The attitudes of the freshly …
Watermark
Wikipedia – “Watermarks vary greatly in their visibility; while some are obvious on casual inspection, others require some study to …
Adoption: Second Generation Birthmom 