I know not every adoption story is like ours, but what I do know is looking back, I can see Jesus through each step of our story. I see His grace and goodness in her adoptive parent’s life, in my life, and in our incredible daughter’s life. She just verbally agreed to attend a D1 college for soccer and she excels in AP classes at school. She truly is an amazing human.
I am asked often if I regret placing my child for adoption, and I have to tell you I don’t. It broke me. There are times it still breaks me, but in the end her life simply would not be what it is if it weren’t for the beauty of adoption in our lives. I could not have picked better adoptive parents to raise her into the young woman she is today. So no, I would not change it.
One of my favorite things to say is: ‘I gave her life, she gave her a future, and we both gave her hope.’ God’s love is so evident in my story, and although at 15-years-old, I never would have thought this would be my life at 33. I am honored to be a birth mama. I am honored to walk alongside other birth mamas and help them choose life in the midst of it all. I am so thankful open adoption is what we chose and every day we are learning to embrace all the beauty and redemption in our story. God is not done, and I am so excited our story is not over!”
**This story was written by Marlys Monet of Colorado Springs, CO and originally appeared on Love What Matters. Follow her journey on Instagram.
