Category: Birth Mother

At BraveLove, we're dedicated to erasing the stigmas of adoption, and a big part of that involves sharing stories that honor birth mothers. As we all know, adoption impacts people

When Clay was 29 years old, his parents received a letter from a woman claiming to be his biological mother. She said her name was Priscilla. And she had been searching

One word to describe how you felt the moment you discovered you were pregnant? Fearful Why did you choose adoption? I knew that my parents were going to be upset

Dear Birth Mothers, I want to take a few minutes and say hello. I warn you this might be a little sappy, so bear with me. This time last year

I was yours for three days in the hospital and then my adoptive parents took me into their arms. You chose my parents to take me because you thought they

One word to describe how you felt the moment you discovered you were pregnant? Shock Why did you choose adoption? I chose adoption because I knew the life I wanted

Twenty-two years ago, New York Times bestselling author, Patti Callahan Henry’s sister Barbi placed a baby girl for adoption. Then in April 2010, a Facebook request put an end to

It was a winter afternoon during Christmas break that I discovered I was pregnant. Mom and I had been Christmas shopping together but immediately when we split to do our

Last week, we received two open letters from one birth mother (we’ll refer to her as “Mummy”). Mummy relinquished her son Seth when he was 2 1/2 years old. She

Today you are 13… a teenager! Wow… I imagine what you’re like… What kind of young man you are becoming… I remember being 13. I remember the highs and the