If you had asked me five years ago what blogging was I couldn’t have told you. In fact, I’m not sure if very many people could have told you what blogging was back then. But blogging has taken the nation by storm as web journalists share their insights, daily life, thoughts, and opinions with the world.

Before becoming a blogger here at Adoption Blogs, I had tried blogging several times before on some of the free blogging sites as well as on Noah’s website. But I just had a hard time sticking with it. I didn’t know if people were really reading my posts... more

Everyone is talking about voting today, so why should I be any different? I have a cute story about voting in my household.

Noah’s been talking and learning about voting and elections at school. Let me back up a second and explain that for the past three years, Noah has wanted a REAL LIVE reindeer for Christmas. I have told him that we are not allowed to have reindeers as pets in this area that it’s against the law. I know, I’m such a mean mom for not letting him have a real live reindeer! Ha!

So somehow between his conversations at school and the... more

One of the best modern day conveniences for me during the beginning of my journey into birthmotherhood was the World Wide Web, otherwise known as the internet. So, yes, although it may sound sad to some I am thankful for the internet.

In those first few weeks after relinquishment, I was able to sit down at my desk and turn on the computer screen any hour of the day or night. At first, I wasn’t online looking for birthmother support; I was just online as a distraction, reading things that interested me, playing games, that sort of thing.

But when... more

I am thankful for the other women God has brought into my life as a result of adoption. I have met many other women that are birthmothers that I would not have met had I not become a birthmother.

My birthmom friends are a very eclectic group of women. They come from different walks of life, different age groups, different occupations, different faiths, different areas of the United States and a few from different countries, etc. But one underlying factor connects us all. Our children.

Our children and their adoptions brought us together.

Together,... more

I am thankful for the funny and cute little things that my birthson, Charlie says. He is such a funny little boy with a very funny personality. It has been so neat watching him develop into his own little person with his own distinct personality.

Like all children around his age, he comes up with some pretty funny (and cute!) stuff and comes out with some pretty funny statements! A. (his adoptive mom) enjoys calling me up out of the blue and sharing something especially funny that he has recently done or said that she thinks I might find funny too. I’m thankful... more

One of the things I am most thankful for regarding my adoption situation is that I have an open adoption and that my adoption has remained an open adoption. Unfortunately, not all birthmothers are able to have an open adoption, like the birthmothers from years ago. They were not given the option of an open adoption. Most were not given any other options at all besides having their baby, giving him or her to a two parent home, and then “forgetting” him or her and going on with their life. Adoption in today’s society still has a long way to go until it becomes... more

This picture was taken last summer. J (my hubby) got a grill for his birthday and loved to have people over and impress them with his cooking skills, so we had Charlie and his family over one evening for a cookout.

Pictured are both of my boys, Charlie and Noah. It is usually hard to get a really good picture of them both together as by the time one is looking at the camera and smiling the other is looking off to la la land or something like that. That night, they had been having a really good time playing with each other and were slowly beginning to wind... more

I am feeling so nostalgic tonight. My baby boy (I know, he is getting too big for that title) Noah turned ten years old on Wednesday. His birthday party is tomorrow and I was driving home from Wal-Mart after stopping to grab a few last minute party items and thinking about this birthday. His 10th! His grand ole’ entrance into double digit-hood!

I can not believe I am the Mom of a double digit-er! It seems as if it was only yesterday that he was that tiny premature baby boy pictured above. And now here we are a whole ten years later! Where did all the years go? He won’t be my little... more

After you become a birthparent, life becomes a little more complicated, especially if you have been open with your situation and experience. People will have an opinion as to what they think of your choice and sometimes of even just open adoption in general. And many times, people are going to give you their opinion whether you want to hear it or not!

How should you handle this? It depends on what they are saying! Are they feeling sorry for you? I’ve found that sometimes people will feel sorry for me when I explain that I am a birthmom. They will... more

Very recently in the different blogs there have been different posts regarding what we, as birthmoms are called. There was a discussion by first parent blogger Jenna about the different terms that are used to refer to birthmoms such as first mom, biological mom, etc. I recently posted about what our birthchildren call us personally. But I have a title like no other. It’s special... more