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If You’re Listening…

Jeff — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:51:52 +0000

If you’re listening, if you’re awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart is made to break; it’s purpose is to burst open again and again so that it can hold ever more wonders. -Andrew Harvey

Two Families: A Foster Care Adoption Poem

author unknown — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:23:59 +0000

Once there were two expectant mothers. One carried and cared for you beneath her beating heart She became your Birthmother. The other carried the hope of you within her. She became your Mom. Your Birthmother knew that she could not give you all you needed after you were born. Meanwhile, your Mom was ready and waiting for you. One day your Birthmom [...]

An Adoptive Mom’s Journey to Motherhood: A Mothers Day Story

Heidi Naylor — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:23:54 +0000

I used to hate Mother’s day. Not because I was not grateful for my Mother or for what my Grandmothers did for me. They were and are great women. I hated Mothers day because it was a day to remember and honor mothers. Something I longed so badly to be but was not. On Mother’s [...]