#NationalAdoptionAwareness Month. K is for #Kaylee While I was pregnant, the name of the baby was something that her parents and I spoke about. My only request was that either my first name or middle name was part of her name. We had talked about having Lil Miss and I share middle names, Rae. First names that were talked about were Katelynn, Karlee, and Hailee. When she was born, I looked at her mom and said, “Well mom, what is…
#NationalAdoptionAwareness Month. J is for #January. January, the first month of the Gregorian Calendar, it is a new start of the year and some see it as a new chapter in their lives. January for me can be different every year as Lil Miss was born on the last day of the month. I have noticed over the past couple of years, I tend to be extra sensitive and moody during January. I add vitamin B into my morning routine…
November is #NationalAdoptionAwareness Month. G is also for: #Grief Being a birth mom, I can not skip over the topic of Grief. Grief is something that comes with the adoption journey. I belief it is a grief that is different than of someone passing away or having to process a miscarriage. It is actually difficult for me to describe. My friend Tammie pretty much nailed the feeling of grief when helping me process the first couple of weeks after coming…
November is #NationalAdoptionAwareness Month. I am choosing to participate in a month long event where I will do one photo a day on how adoption relates to me with each day with a letter of the alphabet. B is for: #Birthdays. Birthdays can be very difficult for birth mothers and/or birth families. Birthdays are a yearly reminder of the who/what/when/where/what-ifs. I have experienced 13 of these days so far, and it hard to believe that another birthday will come on…