"Believe in yourself. Our strength grows out of our weakness." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you are not already doing this, I encourage you to sit down each year around your child's birthday and write him or her a birthday l...

Our children's birthday is an emotional time for most of us. In open adoptions, you may be given the opportunity to attend your chil...

Somewhere in the third trimester of your pregnancy (or the end of your second trimester if you just know you are going to go early like I ...

Today's post is written by guest blogger, Alicia M. Being the birthmother of a daughter in a closed adoption is on a good day tolerable ...

"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." - Joshua J. Marine Photo Credit

Charlie will celebrate his eighth birthday on Sunday. It sounds so cliché but it’s hard to believe he is going to be eight! It seems like o...

When I got home from the hospital and unpacked, I ended up with bits of "C stuff" all over my room... a pacifier he used, his umbi...

Today's post is written by guest blogger, Alicia M . As a birth mother who is part of a closed adoption, I look forward to a reunion in ...

Recently an expectant mother making an adoption plan asked me if she would be allowed to have the keepsake items from the hospital stay when...

A couple months ago, I noticed that I often had the urge to tell C something. "I love you" or "I miss you" or "You...

The September Newsletter is now up and available for your viewing pleasure. Check it out at www.birthmombuds.com/sept09.htm !

"Self pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it we can never do anything wise in this world." - Helen Keller

Today's post is written by guest blogger, Alicia M .  Take a teenage girl who gets pregnant, an over protective single mom, and a youn...

Growing up, I can remember listening to my parents tell me about their experiences, thoughts, and feelings of different big events in histor...