Life Growing Up “I always felt ‘too much.’ My mom couldn’t raise me. I never met my father (still haven’t). My parents were teen drug
Category: Story
“A birth mother’s story begins the moment she finds out she is pregnant, but it never truly ends. For me, this story began in February
“In the summer of 2016, I was pregnant with my second child. The pregnancy with my daughter had been straightforward, so I’d assumed it would
“Where to begin…I had a very depressing, lonely life. When I was born, my biological mother, Jenny L. Pike, called me a monster, because I
“Becoming a mother was something I had dreamed about since I was a very young child. When people would ask me what I wanted to
“As he lay there asleep so innocent, I committed myself to him and made him a promise. I promised I would never give up on
“My name is Emma Yucus. I married my husband, Tony, on New Year’s Eve of 2016. Fast forward to the crazy year of 2020 –
“I became a mom at the age of 16, even if I didn’t know it yet. In fact, I didn’t find out for another 18
“In third grade, my teacher asked the class what we wanted to be when we grew up. The responses were mostly ‘doctor,’ ‘nurse,’ ‘astronaut’ or
“My name is Lucy Harman, I am 19 years old, and on the 26th of December 2020, I was told I was going into organ