The Pregnancy Test
Dear Reader:When I wrote The Mommy Plan, and met Rachel’s brother Sloan and his teenage daughter Brook with her pierced eyebrow, I just knew they had a story of their own to tell. I also felt he deserved a happy ever after for himself and his kids.It took a while to coax the story from him, and you’ll understand why when you read it, but here it is. I had a good time seeing Rachel, James and Molly again, and hope you’ll also enjoy catching up with them and seeing how they’re doing.I’m dedicating this story to a very special person—Linda, my husband’s birth mother. Years ago she had the courage and strength to let him go so that he could have a better life than what she could provide at the time. She also had the courage and love to let him back into her life, proving that you can never have too many people who love you. If she hadn’t let him go, odds are we would have never met and married. If she hadn’t let him back in, my husband (and the rest of us) would have missed out on knowing so many wonderful people.A birth mother who gives up a child out of love is definitely a hero in my book. As are the adoptive parents who make them their own.