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The Best Way to Honor St. Valentine
February 14th—Valentine’s Day—is most often associated with love, flowers, cards and of course, those delicious heart-shaped-message candies. While we all love to indulge in the love spread around on...
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A Birth Mom's Journey
You would think that I would have something more to report on the DNA kit. Some things just take more time than we would like. The first kit would not activate; the second kit did activate but it took...
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How Social Work Saved Me
I am lucky enough to be writing this blog during National Social Worker Month – a month when we honor the time, love, commitment, and overwhelming kindness that anyone who knows a social worker is...
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The Chaos in My Head Also Known As The Matching Process
OK- I admit the title here is a wee bit dramatic- but to be honest my life has been a wee bit chaotic the last few months and I think it’s a good fit for how I am feeling- plus it probably grabbed your...
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A Birth Mother's Heart
My name is Chrysteenya, and I’m a birth mother, but I’m not your typical. My journey started on a path where I thought I could trust a man; a man who swore we had everything going for us. You see at 34...
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A Letter From Our Heart To Yours
A Letter to a Birth Mom from Your Adoption CaseworkerDear Brave Birth Mom, I just wanted to let you know how proud I am of you and the woman you are. I know what you are going through is so...
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A Few Things to Keep In Mind This Tax Weekend
It’s coming. We all feel it. Once the year changes, you feel like you have a world of time, and then before you know it, it’s April 15th, Tax Day.One important thing to remember this ominous weekend...
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A Day of Encouragement in the Park
Our annual Adoptive Family Picnic was a lovely day at the park. This is a time when families in every stage of the adoption process can come out and spend time with each other. They can talk and share...
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Growing On: A Birth Mom Story
I’d like to think of this as moving on but really, it’s growing on.There was a point in time where I was so consumed with anxiety that I honestly had to pep talk myself to leave my house. Let alone...
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The Yucky Side- from a Birth Mother's Perspective
Just so most know, I did keep my pregnancy a secret and didn't brag or talk much about it. Only because I knew I was placing baby girl. But there comes a point where people start to put one and one...
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