The Flap — written in 2014, while parenting my pre-teen girls. At this time, I was experiencing the loss of their youngest and purest form of childhood, and yet, it felt eerily familiar to the loss I’d experienced when placing my son. A similar, almost overwhelming, version of growth began brewing ...
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Birth Mother Perspective: When Two Women Answer To Mom
When two women answer to the title mom, it is not a competition. Pride cannot push or repel.Insecurity shouldn’t build a wall.Fear cannot become rigid.Doubt shouldn’t prevent contact.Grief cannot speak negatively toward the other. The name mother is an honor all by itself, but when two or more are ...
Adoption Story: David + Ashley
Before David and Ashley signed on to work with me at Christian Adoption Consultants they had been working with two adoption attorneys for over a year. During this time they experienced a failed adoption and a scam. They were feeling extremely discouraged and exhausted when they began their journey ...
Birth Mother Perspective: Grief
I once read a book that painted a picture of miscarried and lost fetal children as playing in heavenly fields of wildflowers and cascading waterfalls in a realm with their Creator: Jesus. And I read another book from the perspective of a father writing to his unborn, aborted, yet loved, children. He ...
Adoption Story: Stephen + Laura
From the day that Stephen and Laura first called, I knew that their story was already wrapped with an incredible purpose. While their journey may have begun with unimaginable pain, God didn’t let that go to waste. Picking up the phone that day, I had no clue that the Lord was going to use CAC as ...
Birth Mother Perspective: Be Still
Continuing with the theme of how joy and grief reside in adoption, tonight we have a guest post by Jennifer Woolley. Jennifer is a birth mom, adoptive mom and advocate of open adoption. She speaks openly about her story and is boldly breaking stigmas, supporting, educating and mentoring everyone she ...
