She Wasn’t Ever Ours to Keep
February 5th, 2024 | by Elizabeth di Grazia
Every time Mayra was pregnant, the father said the child was not his. But after he learned we'd adopted one of his children, he threatened to kidnap her
Browsing the "birth mother" Tag
Not My Newborn’s Mother
July 26th, 2022 | by Allison Grace Myers
What right did I have to hold this wondrous, just-born human in my arms?
Adoption is Not for the Faint of Heart, or: How I Got Banned from the Comfort Inn
July 8th, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
If there were a dozen red flags waving brazenly—her urgent need for money, lack of interest in who we were, trouble with the law—that was kind of the point. That was why Courtney was making an adoption plan
Dear Birthmother: The Full Disclosure Edition
November 21st, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
The reasons you are on that side of the adoption table and we’re on this side are mostly fucked up, not your fault or our achievement
SOMETIMES, FAMILY IS PATIENCE: Poems by Dane Bauer Hassid
February 6th, 2017 | by Dane Bauer Hassid
Gas Leak This morning, the smell of gas, that aroma alarm, sparked me awake. With the phone to my ear,
Boxes of Love: CHERYL KLEIN is KEEPING IT REAL in Online Mama Groups
December 8th, 2015 | by Cheryl Klein
1. It took me and my partner four and a half years to become moms. They were long years: I