Birth Parents

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    If Not For You: A Reunion Story

    If Not For You from The Austin Stone on Vimeo. It's been 22 years since Janice has seen her firstborn son Grant. In this...

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  • Being a Superhero

    Being a Superhero

    Not every mother can be a mom, and not every mom gets to be a mother. It doesn't seem fair, but life can be like that. And we all...

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  • The Gift

    The Gift

    A single mother named Amber once made the difficult and loving decision to place her daughter for adoption. It was out of her...

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  • A family of four, with two parents and two young children, pose for a photo together outdoors.

    Two of a Kind

    In honor of Mother’s Day, here's a story told by one woman who has actually walked in the shoes of birth mothers and adoptive...

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    Twice Blessed

    Proud to be adopted, and prouder still to be a Birth Mother. Another Mother’s day approaches. An overwhelming deep sadness rolls...

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  • A woman and a young child lie closely together on a bed, looking at the camera. They appear relaxed and content.

    Placing Truman

    Most people generally know me as a hard-working, single mother with one son. Most people don't know I have two. I was being a...

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