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Dreams Do Come True – NonProfit Spotlight: The Possible Dream Foundation

March 16, 2017

It is rare to find someone so special and selfless that they give up their own personal freedoms and fortunes to help others. This touching story gives you not one, but two of those kind of people. The Possible Dream Foundation began with a husband and wife couple who simply loved taking care of children. […]

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Love is a Choice – Summer’s Story

April 18, 2016

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 […]

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National Adoption Month Series – Jill’s Story

November 25, 2015

On May 23rd, 2008­ we got her. As we were snapping in her car seat, my husband Jake and I looked at one another and took the deepest breath of our lives. It had been years of struggling with infertility, confusion, and frustration. Finally, we had her, our Quinny. She just happened to come from […]

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Life Amplified: Our Family Touched by Autism – Karen’s Story

April 16, 2014

“Labels just give kids an excuse to misbehave.” The words sank to my very soul. Did she really say that about my precious son? There I stood, speechless on the steps of the little library in the small Oregon town we had recently moved to. I had my newborn daughter in her car seat in […]

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Hi! I'm Wynter. Wife to Jonathan and mama to Chloe, Adaya and Liam. I am a writer, artist, MarCom professional, freelance editor, and an avid gardener, TV lover and chocolate-covered cherries addict. Come back here each week for new, powerful stories of motherhood from real moms across the mother spectrum. Read More…

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