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 […]
Why Do We Bother to Have Children? – Anja’s Story
There’s a billion reasons not to have children and only one good reason to: LOVE. I’m not talking Hollywood love, but the real deal. The love that makes women lift cars, take bullets, fight evil grown men, and single-handedly become supernaturally empathetic when it comes to their kids. The LOVE with all caps that leaves […]
The Do’s and Dont’s of Comforting a Mom After a Miscarriage – Guest Post by Lisa from The Family Road Map
My heart danced when my dad made a baby bed out of wood for my dolls. All I ever wanted to be when I grew up was to be a mamma. In time I would learn that God and I were not on the same page. His timing was not my timing when it came to […]
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 – 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, […]
The Beautiful and Healing Properties of Baltic Amber – Bambeado Review
This post is a review of Bambeado Baby & Children’s Natural Amber. I received a free, amber bracelet in exchange for my honest review. All research and opinions are my own. My babies are 8, 6, and 4. We’ve breastfed, co-slept, used cloth diapers, homeschooled, practiced attachment parenting and almost every other parenting trend our generation […]
The Best Thing in the World You Can Do – Guest Post by Doreen Frick
I used to love to run for office. In elementary school I wanted to be president. I wrote a speech, made posters, and gave out free pens, but I lost to a fellow classmate who was taller, more eloquent, and probably more interested in the actual office. I think I just loved to compete. If […]
It’s Not a Competition – Contributor Post for Portland Moms Blog
This is a contributor post I wrote for the Portland Moms Blog. Read the entire article here. I’m gonna be honest. There are moments of each and every day when I do not feel like I’m good enough. The voices I allow in my head tell me that I will never be, have or do […]