Recently The Skeptical Mother posted a photograph on Facebook of a young woman with her newly-born daughter. Though I haven't be...

Mother’s Day is around the corner. This is a difficult day for a lot of us, but I think that the difficultly is for a host of different re...

    " Light up, light up As if you have a choice Even if you cannot hear my voice I'll be right beside you dear" 

" Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."  Pho...

I'm Natasha and I become a birth mother at 19 years old when I made an open adoption plan for my daughter, born in 1998.  We share lov...

Since I left the  Taking a Chance  post wide open at the end a couple weeks ago, I thought I would follow up and let you know what I decid...

I've heard many different stories about how and when expectant parents chose adoptive couples, and how their experience affected the...

My adoption closed almost 5 years post-placement from semi-open. I'm not sure if all the emotional aspects are the same for me or no...

"Be the kind of person you would like to be with. Some people come into our lives, make footprints on our hearts and we are never ...

So this week I was stalking my birthdaughter's fb page (don't worry... we're friends and I'm allowed!)  and a familiar face...

I've increasingly wanted to be more active as a birthmom for the past couple of years. When I saw BirthMom Buds was looking for blogg...

My name is Bethany and I am honored to be one of the new bloggers for BirthMom Buds. But, WHO AM I? I am a mother. I am a mother to my...

"Life is like a bicycle; in order to keep your balance,  you must keep moving."  Photo Credit

I'm considering doing something scary. Something I've never done before. I haven't been thinking about it for long. It just ki...