4 People I'm Grateful for in My Adoption Journey

After I announced my “mother-to-be” status, my parents were supportive and backed me up on my adoption plan. I know that time was difficult for them; they had critics, within their group of friends and church members, who openly disagreed with my decision to place my baby for adoption. My parents are religious, they didn’t agree with my lifestyle, and yet they stood by me from day one and ignored the naysayers.

Years after placement, I interviewed my parents about the day they found out I was pregnant and asked my father what his first thoughts were. He replied, I failed you. My heart sank. For many years, I thought he was angry, and I mean angry by the way that he didn’t speak a word to me for a week after I told him I was pregnant. I had no idea the weight he was carrying in my decisions. Now, as a mother of three, I understand his response with greater depth.

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