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 […]
How Do I Love My Children? Guest Post by Erin from Steps to Trusting
Often when I picture what our family life will be, I picture playing outside in the fall or cuddling before bed. I think that just being with my children conveys my love to them. But how do we love our children when life is not so picturesque? This is not a rhetorical question. How can […]
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 […]
Upside Right – Susan’s Story
Have you ever received a phone call that turned your world upside down, inside out, and forever changed your life? As a parent, particularly as a mother, we worry about those calls when our children are young and are outside playing. We wonder, will a car hit them? will something unfathomable happen to them or […]
The Father’s Arms – Guest Post by Janice from Renew Our Hearts
He tends His flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young.” Isaiah 40:11 What a comforting image. Our Abba Father holds us so close in His arms that He nestles us right next to His heart. Why is […]
Honor Those We Lead – Cathy’s Story
Today I had a “moment.” I lost my cool and switched faces with the person I never want to become. My “moment” involved Legos, my living room carpet, and a two-year-old who puts everything in her mouth. The Legos needed a more appropriate home. FAST. I loudly threatened to throw them away while chasing a […]
National Adoption Month Series – An Anonymous Birth Mother Story
As a scared, pregnant and unmarried nineteen-year-old, I didn’t know much, but I did know love wasn’t enough. If I could have made my decision based on that sole factor, I would be telling a different story today. However, the wisest choice the teenage me made was to find a couple who would shower my […]
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 […]
National Adoption Month Series – Gerrianne’s Birth Mother Story
In the spring of 1987 I discovered I was pregnant. I was 29 and already a single mom of three active boys, living off public assistance in low income housing, with plans to attend college full-time to major in Social Work. I have always been a firm believer in the Pro-Life Movement and of life beginning at conception; […]
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, […]