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To Be a Birth Mother

In the Garden of Good and Evil

I live in between two women, both whom I adore. Cynthia lives two houses down on my left and has been trying to adopt for eight months now. Stephanie lives two houses to my right and is abou... [more]

The Dress

I walked into the children's boutique hoping to find a suitable spring jacket for my son, Isaiah. After picking out a few items for him I found myself wandering over to the little girl's clo... [more]

Carried

glanced up nervously at the clock on the sea green hospital walls. It was ten after three. I had to be at the adoption agency across town at three-thirty. These were my last moments as my ch... [more]

Unbroken

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew and approved of you, and before you were bon I separated and set you apart, consecrating you …” Jeremiah 1:5 It begins. With us. The moment before our... [more]

Daughters of Zion

Who this Series is For: Birthmothers and BirthGrandmothers Series Based on: The Book of Isaiah: Life Application Bible, N.I.V, Tyndale Publishing In this life-changing, inspirational series ... [more]

To Be a Birth Mother

I am sitting across from a young woman in Village Inn, arriving after she phoned me earlier in sobs. She sat quickly and I immediately noticed her swollen eyes. “What will being a birthmothe... [more]

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