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When You’re the Mother to Someone Else’s Child – Katie’s Story

February 5, 2018

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 […]

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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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National Adoption Month Series: Lauren’s Adoptee Story

November 14, 2014

I was born on August 11, 1985 and adopted by my parents at five days old in Phoenix, Arizona. My birth mom was 19, not ready for a baby and even though my birth dad wasn’t in the picture, she didn’t want him to have any part in raising me, so she chose adoption. I […]

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Open Adoption: A Living Miracle – Megan’s Story

April 9, 2014

I don’t remember significant portions of 2007, but what I do remember is mostly traumatic. In the fall of that year my first child, John Henry, was safely and miraculously brought earthside. After a pregnancy plagued by a rare neurological disorder triggered by high levels of progesterone, we were sternly warned to never attempt another […]

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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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