It Was Because I Loved Him That I Had to Let Him Go I went through the labor, but never held him in my arms as I gave him for adoption so others saw his childhood charms. But it has always been my prayer that all these years he did know — it was because […]
I’m 78 years old and I’m telling my story now while I still have the opportunity. I want people to know that pregnancy by rape is not the fault of the child, so why should we punish the child for something the biological father did? My teen years were difficult. My mom was overly permissive […]
Today is my birthday. I’m not at all ashamed to tell my age because it’s very relevant. I was born July 22, 1969 — exactly 10 months before the hearing date in Texas in Roe v Wade, and exactly 3-1/2 years to the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion throughout the U.S.. I was conceived when […]
I am a birthmother from rape. I know what many people think about abortion in cases of rape, and I’m sharing my story to give an alternate point of view to consider. I can understand how this issue might tug on your heart, and how it may seem really hard to consider it realistic to […]
To my best friend, We’ve been friends for years — through breakups, through laughter, through tears, through margarita Tuesdays and hangover Wednesdays. We’ve laughed so hard at inside jokes that we’ve both been laying on the kitchen floor and getting weird looks from the rest of our friends. About a week ago, I took you […]