I do not need your permission to feel like a mother, a woman, a birthmother, a person. I know who and what I am. Alone I will have to stand before God and account for my choices. I am honored in His sight, for I put a child's needs before my wants. You say you do not understand how I can place a child, then two years later have another and keep him.
Life is fragile, and it can turn on a dime.
So many ask to chose life, yet when we do, we are judged. I chose life, not only to give birth to my children, but to make life changing decisions for my child and myself. Many adoptive parents are adored for their newly adopted child. From women like me. Take a good look at me, this is the face of a Birthmother.