Tag: Adoption

"The last word pushed out by the momentum of his tears. My Mama heart ached, hating this place. My vision was blurred as my own tears filled my eyes."

"The thing is, I knew you right away. I recognize the fierce determination. The grit. The fight."

By the time she was just 23 years old, Katie had become a mother to 13 young girls whom she adopted and raised as her own.

"I left with the sound of her heartbeat in my ears and heart and knew once I walked out the door..."

"In 10 months time, we had gone from 3 children to 6 children, assuming our family was complete. But we were wrong once again..."

"One stick turned positive and a different kind of vomit happened… word vomit… ‘OHHH SH**!!!’ I guess I said it loud enough for Sam to hear me, because he opened the door and asked to look at the test. He then started reading the box saying aloud, ‘Noooo!'"

"It was a deep pain, probably the deepest of my life. It wasn't supposed to be this way."

"There were no photos from Stephen’s childhood at the funeral home. No images of the green-eyed boy with the sweet smile to remind us of what had been lost."