Birthparent Stories
What is Open Adoption?
Lisa, a birthmother who placed her child in an open adoption, wrote the following story for a class assignment. She describes her experiences working with Open Adoption & Family Services.
On March 6, 2000, I gave birth to my second daughter, Mary Margaret Marie; and on March 8th, I gave her to the two most caring, wonderful people in the…
Emilie
Birthmother Brooke Holtzheimer wrote the following article for the Open Page, the newsletter of Open Adoption & Family Services.
Do you remember what you were doing five years ago?
Perhaps you were walking down the aisle. Or experiencing the birth of your first child. Maybe you were celebrating your thirtieth anniversary.
Five years ago I was seventeen. I was living…
Mending the Circle
Jen Dygert, LCSW is a Counselor/Mediator at Open Adoption & Family Services. She writes about placing her daughter for adoption in 1968 and their reunion in 1994.
The year was 1968. I waited in a room of six beds, all empty but mine. It was my fourth and last night in the hospital. I had just given birth to an…
My Boys: Their Story
Birthmother Crystal placed her twin sons for adoption in 1996. In this story she reflects back on her experience.
One of the most significant experiences in my short life was the process of giving my twin boys this world, and up for adoption. I learned a lot about what it truly means to love someone, the sacrifices one must make…
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