When Awakening Feels Like Betrayal

After the conversation I wrote about last week—the one where my daughter told me “You're not the villain, but you're definitely not the victim”—I kept turning her words over in my heart. They stayed with me like a bell still ringing long after the sound had stoppe...

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...