When I was a little girl, I dreamed of having a family one day. I knew I would have two girls and two boys. I knew that they would have brown hair and blue eyes like me. And I knew that they would have peach-colored skin, just like mine. But when I finally married, I […]
November is Adoption Month and M2M Wants to Hear From YOU
Next month is November and that means National Adoption Month! Every November I devote the whole month on Made to Mother™ for adoption stories, and I this year is no different! Get ready for a whole 30 days of stories that honor adoption…Birth mothers, adoptive mothers, adoptees, adoption-related organizations, and anyone else with a story about […]
National Adoption Month Series – Carrie’s Adoption Story
I dreamed about being a mother since I was a little girl. I anticipated doing craft projects and baking cookies with my kids, and maybe even went as far as imagining myself twirling around the house full of joy while doing housework. After four years of marriage to my childhood friend, I gave birth to […]
8 Parenting Hacks From Large Families That ALL Parents Can Use – Contributor Post for Portland Moms Blog
This is a contributor post I wrote for the Portland Moms Blog. Read the entire article here. I wouldn’t consider myself a ‘mom of many,’ but just a few years ago my three kids were all home and I had to keep them busy and alive from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. I can scarcely […]
November is Adoption Month and M2M Wants to Hear From YOU
Can it really be October already!? Less than one month until November and that means, National Adoption Month! For the last two years I have devoted the whole month on Made to Mother for adoption stories, and I this year is no different! Get ready for a whole 30 days of stories that honor adoption…Birth mothers, […]
Love is a Choice – Summer’s Story
Even though I have been a mother for over 17 years, I still smile and feel the wonder of what it means. You see, I never really longed for motherhood. I was not the girl on other families’ speed dials for babysitting services. When I did babysit, I just ate snacks and barely tolerated the […]
The Difference a GOOD Foster Mother Makes – An Unnamed Mother’s Story
My parents divorced when I was nine years old after being separated for eight. I am the middle child of three children. My older sister was eleven, and my little brother was eight when our parents divorced. In June of 1997 on Father’s Day I told my father that I was moving in with my […]
National Adoption Month Series – Alyssa’s Story
I’m not sure when our journey to adoption began, but even before we met; my husband, Michael and I were both influenced by families who had adopted. Michael was inspired by the book, Adopted For Life by Russell Moore, and I always wanted to adopt from Eastern Europe after hearing about the crowded orphanages in […]
National Adoption Month Series – Holly’s Story
Adoption had always been a dream; a dream my husband and I discovered we shared while dating. Then I went to Africa. As I worked with vulnerable children the deep desire to be a family for a child who didn’t have one grew in both of our hearts. We set out to get some experience, […]
November is Adoption Month and M2M Wants to Hear From YOU
Can you believe it’s already October? Less than one month until November and Adoption Month will be upon us! Last year I devoted the whole month of November to adoption stories, and it was such a success, I want to do it again this year! Get ready for a whole 30 days of stories that honor adoption…Birth […]