When Awakening Feels Like Betrayal

After a hard conversation with their child—one of those moments that lands like a quiet earthquake—a parent found themselves haunted by a single phrase:

“You’re not the villain… but you’re definitely not the victim.”

That sentence rang through their heart li...

Adoption doesn’t begin with love.

It begins with loss.
And sometimes, even earlier, it begins with violence.

Not every baby is conceived in safety.
Not every pregnancy is chosen.
Some children begin their lives in the aftermath of rape, coercion, addiction, abandonment.
Some grow in wombs heavy wi...