Nobody asked me this question, but I think it’d be a fun one to answer if they did…
What did you do in 2008?

Well, for one thing I’ve been 220 pds and 130 pds in 2008, that was a weird feeling.
2) I gave birth to a new life
3) Made it through a pregnancy with no [...]

So, I’m writing this post from Mexico, Playa Del Carmen actually (I think that’s how you spell it).  It’s beautiful, warm and everything I could ask for out of a vacation.  And I’m not complaining…it just doesn’t feel much like Christmas here. Which, I guess was sorta the point of my family randomly deciding [...]

Every day it’s something new that I realize I’m missing see her do.  The Holidays kinda suck for me right now.  I won’t get into it, cause it just makes people cry…but I wish I could see like her open her first Christmas gift (if a 9 month old baby can even do that yet…) [...]

A Child’s Prayer: Good for the Soul
Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, “God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream [...]

And every other day too!
I know you can’t read yet, but it wouldn’t be the best idea for me to post this if you could. So I’ll take advantage of the opportunity now, while your still such a little girl today!
Cause I am SO SO SO PROUD of you, and I can’t [...]

“Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things for mothers generally, so that their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them.”
~ Susan B. Anthony, quoted in The American Feminist, Spring 1998 [...]

Those weeks, days, then hours leading up to the adoption…are the most intense, over-emotional, scary, and confusing times, yet somehow they are also the most beautiful, peaceful, and cherished moments too.  I don’t know how they all fit in together, but they do.  When the birth mother and her child are just “talking” to each other, sometimes for hours and hours, it is the most beautiful scene to watch (but no one could ever watch though, because then it wouldn’t be just for them and lose it’s beauty)  In my case I would go over all of my dreams for her, and how much I loved her, during that time. Several times we would go over the “plan for her life” I had made and I’d tell her about each member of her new family and how much they loved her. I went over the “procedure” for adoption day and told her not to worry I’d have the prettiest pink outfit for her to wear to meet them (she just had to get her beauty sleep tht night.) Then I  told her…

yeah, Gladney is getting more involved! Family Fun Run in Dallas At my favorite place, the Katy TRail! hard to find info on it, but I’m spreading the word now! Birth Mothers everywhere sign up! Yeah for adoption and kids!

Joe the Plumber just confirmed it on CNN that he believes Obama’s taxes would hurt him.  I’d like to think and HOPE that Joe also is against abortion.  And will look up how Obama lied again to the public on his vote “pesent” in a critical partial birth abortion case.
For me it comes down [...]

I’ve always had a thing for babies and little children. I was the oldest of many cousins, so I acted like such a little mom all the time!  I think that’s why I want to protect the unborn so much now too.   Anyway, that facial expression of amazement I had back then, when I saw [...]

Just a add on note to my post from earlier this week Saying Goodbye, about the beautiful time spent “talking” with my baby girl before the adoption.
This is a great conclusion to it, by John Piper: The Precious Gift of Baby Talk
Saying Goodbye:
I found some poems,  courtesy of adoption.org,  by birth mother’s.  They [...]

Justifying the Desires of Our Hearts
“This disease affects every one of us more or less. The mind perceives reality selectively in order to justify what the heart desires. Complete objectivity—whatever side you are on—is a myth.
If showing pictures of mutilated babies threatens your desire for abortion on demand, then the pictures are emotionally manipulative [...]

For all the birth mom’s of adoption out there!
Mark Schultz - Everything To Me - story behind the song

He just said it all

So below is a Continuation from the post last week about my purpose in life to change the image of birth mother’s and adoption.  I realize I can’t respond to every negative post on youtube about adoption, God, the Bible, and other issues…, because there are just not enough hours in the day. But it [...]

I think a lot of agencies ay scare you a bit too much with horror stories and tell you not to “get your hopes up until the date that paper is signed.”  And this is good advice, it’s smart to protect the couples feelings if that should happen…but they should also stress that a little [...]

I can’t be sure yet, but God keeps leading me in the same direction it seems.  The youtube comments from people that I list below, are just some of the daily things that make my passion for adoption and birth mother awareness seem all the more important.  This Post is about a video I posted [...]