Cherish your Memories..

Tomorrow is Birth Mother's Day. Try to put yourself in a Birth Mom's shoes. Try to think of giving your child to another family and think of the strength that takes. It is a sacrafice made in order to give their child what they could not. It is a very selfless act they have put themselves through and even though you may not understand it try to live that day, their placement day, just try it.

Here is one of my beloved Birth Mom friends vidoes she made after placement. Get a kleenex! ADOPTION LUVS Desha!

Birth Mother's Day is May 8th

Every year the Saturday before Mother's Day many birth mothers celebrate what is simply called Birth Mother's Day. It was thought up by a group of Seattle birth mother's in 1990. It was commonly thought, years ago, that birth mothers didn't care about their birthchildren and that adoptees didn't care for their birth mothers either. We now know this not to be true. With the trend of open adoptions becoming more so and favorable that couldn't be further from the truth!

I personally had never heard about Birth Mother's Day until a couple years ago on Facebook. I saw that a couple of my birth mother friends had it posted in their status. It is a truly blessed day that you can celebrate yourself and giving your child life and a family. All around the country there are many organizations that hold gatherings to celebrate birth mothers. I have never been to a gathering or celebrated the day but I encourage other birth mothers to. They can certainly help the healing/grieving heart. It is always better to surround yourself around other women that have been through similar situations. Contact your local adoption agency or support group and find a Birth Mother's Day event/gathering near you.

Lets get this started...

Hi! My name is Adrienne and I placed a beautiful baby girl for adoption in December 2002. I am hoping that this blog can be a place of peace and assistance for any and all Birth Mothers. I know that not everyone has had the greatest experiences, but if you find yourself at this page your knowledge and experience whatever it may be could play a key role in helping so many others. So lets start this blog out right and keep it open.

I personally feel wonderful about my adoption choice! Picking a family for my birth daughter shouldn't have been as easy as it was, but I am absolutely thrilled how it panned out!

It has been 7 amazing years of watching my birth daughter grow, through pictures the past four years and we visited once a year the prior three years. She has had an amazing life so far. She is in dance, cheerleading, rides a little dirt bike, they take a few trips a year, she has the cutest clothes, and the best parents ever (kinda jealous, I wish they would have been mine growing up.. LOL)! She has had some attachment issues with her Mom off and on but overall I think she is doing excellent.

My relationship with my birth daughters parents is fantastic. I consider them my extended family and I am pretty confident they feel the same towards me. We don't talk on the phone, we just keep in touch through email, Facebook and pictures, LOTS of pictures. They allow me send her a gifts, although she doesn't know it is from me. This is the best adoption plan for me and seems very manageable to all of us involved. Although not all adoption plans are ideal this one is by far perfect.

Please help this blog out by giving any suggestions of topics you would like to see discussed as well as any questions you might have. If I don't know the answer I will be quick to get it for you.