• •T A K E O V E R T U E S D A Y• Tomorrow, my awesome friend, Katherine from @coloradobirthmom is going to be taking over my insta stories!! I have known Katherine for a few years now. We go to school together and are both studying social work! We have worked together in putting together adoption panels at our university to help promote adoption education! You are going to love her and her amazing personality! See you tomorrow!! • • • #AdoptionAwareness #BirthMomSupport #BirthMothers #Adoption #AdoptionEducation #AMomentInMyArms
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    •T A K E O V E R T U E S D A Y• Tomorrow, my awesome friend, Katherine from @coloradobirthmom is going to be taking over my insta stories!! I have known Katherine for a few years now. We go to school together and are both studying social work! We have worked together in putting together adoption panels at our university to help promote adoption education! You are going to love her and her amazing personality! See you tomorrow!! • • • #AdoptionAwareness #BirthMomSupport #BirthMothers #Adoption #AdoptionEducation #AMomentInMyArms
  • “This post-placement grief can be scary sometimes...” I talked last week about journaling and how it can help both by getting all of your feeling out as well as a way for you to look back and remember and understand where you were at in the past. • • I’m journaling this morning and this was my last entry. I was feeling lost and frustrated with my faith and the church I grew up in (when I’m ready and comfortable, I will share more details). I used to never journal my real feelings. I would journal the day to day happenings, but never what my heart and mind were truly feeling. I think it was mostly that if I wrote it all down, my parents would read it or then I would have to come to reality that those choices and feelings were real. I was raised to feel like I couldn’t express my feelings and that if I thought or felt the “wrong” things, it was shameful. Expressing feelings was “weak” and just not something we did. • • My point is- journaling has helped me, among other things. I won’t sit here and say I’m perfect at it...considering that last post was from April 2018 😂. But when I do, I feel so much better. There is something about dumping all of your feelings into paper that is relieving. It may not solve your problems, but it sure lightens your load. On top of that, I want my kids to be able to go back and read these hard entries. I want them to know and understand me more deeply. I want them to know the raw and intimate details of this journey. Maybe it will help them at some point of their lives. Maybe not at all. • • • #MyAdoptionTruth #Journaling #AdoptionTrauma #AdoptionGrief #Grief #BirthMother #BirthMom #Adoption #OpenAdoption #AdoptionJourney #AMomentInMyArms #BirthMomSupport
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    “This post-placement grief can be scary sometimes...” I talked last week about journaling and how it can help both by getting all of your feeling out as well as a way for you to look back and remember and understand where you were at in the past. • • I’m journaling this morning and this was my last entry. I was feeling lost and frustrated with my faith and the church I grew up in (when I’m ready and comfortable, I will share more details). I used to never journal my real feelings. I would journal the day to day happenings, but never what my heart and mind were truly feeling. I think it was mostly that if I wrote it all down, my parents would read it or then I would have to come to reality that those choices and feelings were real. I was raised to feel like I couldn’t express my feelings and that if I thought or felt the “wrong” things, it was shameful. Expressing feelings was “weak” and just not something we did. • • My point is- journaling has helped me, among other things. I won’t sit here and say I’m perfect at it...considering that last post was from April 2018 😂. But when I do, I feel so much better. There is something about dumping all of your feelings into paper that is relieving. It may not solve your problems, but it sure lightens your load. On top of that, I want my kids to be able to go back and read these hard entries. I want them to know and understand me more deeply. I want them to know the raw and intimate details of this journey. Maybe it will help them at some point of their lives. Maybe not at all. • • • #MyAdoptionTruth #Journaling #AdoptionTrauma #AdoptionGrief #Grief #BirthMother #BirthMom #Adoption #OpenAdoption #AdoptionJourney #AMomentInMyArms #BirthMomSupport
  • Hey guys! I’m over on my insta stories talking about adoption! For a late takeover Tuesday!
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    Hey guys! I’m over on my insta stories talking about adoption! For a late takeover Tuesday!
  • Happy New Year (again)!! I have a crazy plan up my sleeve! One of my goals for this page, this year, is to focus a lot in education. Especially adoptee and birthparent voices! If you haven’t already, go check out my inst-story to hear a run-down of my idea that I need YOU to help me with! • • • In a nutshell, I’m looking for adoptees and birthparents who are interested in “taking over” my insta-stories for a Tuesday and sharing their perspective as well as educating viewers on something they feel is important. This could look like a series of videos, pictures, etc that will fill the story for the day! PLEASE feel free to add some feed back down below or in my dm’s! #BirthMom #BirthMomStrong #BirthMother #BirthMomSupport #BirthMomSisters #Adoption #OpenAdoption #adoptee #AdopteeVoices #BeautifullyBroken #AMomentInMyArms #AdoptionEducation
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    Happy New Year (again)!! I have a crazy plan up my sleeve! One of my goals for this page, this year, is to focus a lot in education. Especially adoptee and birthparent voices! If you haven’t already, go check out my inst-story to hear a run-down of my idea that I need YOU to help me with! • • • In a nutshell, I’m looking for adoptees and birthparents who are interested in “taking over” my insta-stories for a Tuesday and sharing their perspective as well as educating viewers on something they feel is important. This could look like a series of videos, pictures, etc that will fill the story for the day! PLEASE feel free to add some feed back down below or in my dm’s! #BirthMom #BirthMomStrong #BirthMother #BirthMomSupport #BirthMomSisters #Adoption #OpenAdoption #adoptee #AdopteeVoices #BeautifullyBroken #AMomentInMyArms #AdoptionEducation
  • Happy New Year! 🎉 I have a few things in store for this year I’m wanting to do with this page this year. So stay tuned. Do you make a list of goals or do you choose one word for your New Years resolution? Or do you skip goals all together? Comment down below what some of your goals are for this year! #amomentinmyarms #birthmother #birthmom #birthmomsupport #adoptionjourney #
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    Happy New Year! 🎉 I have a few things in store for this year I’m wanting to do with this page this year. So stay tuned. Do you make a list of goals or do you choose one word for your New Years resolution? Or do you skip goals all together? Comment down below what some of your goals are for this year! #amomentinmyarms #birthmother #birthmom #birthmomsupport #adoptionjourney #
  • Merry Christmas Eve eve! I know this time of year is hard for a lot of us. I see you, I stand with you, I am holding you, I am rooting for you. Know you are not forgotten, and most importantly, you are SO loved. Merry Christmas and happy holidays from me to you ❤️ • • • • • • #BirthMom #BirthMomStrong #BirthMother #BirthMomSupport #BirthMomSisters #Adoption #OpenAdoption #BeautifullyBroken #AMomentInMyArms
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    Merry Christmas Eve eve! I know this time of year is hard for a lot of us. I see you, I stand with you, I am holding you, I am rooting for you. Know you are not forgotten, and most importantly, you are SO loved. Merry Christmas and happy holidays from me to you ❤️ • • • • • • #BirthMom #BirthMomStrong #BirthMother #BirthMomSupport #BirthMomSisters #Adoption #OpenAdoption #BeautifullyBroken #AMomentInMyArms