Thank you for taking the time to read our adoption story! We first want to thank all of our friends who have been there through the adoption process with us. We really appreciate you listening and especially your support and encouragement!
I also want to let the world know that Iam the birthmother of Taylor and ALWAYS will be! This is MY story and I have a legal right to tell it! And Taylor will know his birthparents and that he was adopted! Adoption is nothing shameful!
On to our story.... Placing our baby for adoption was a joint decision. I know, most birthmom's are single. Well, in my case, I was and still am married to my birthson's father. Both my husband and I decided together to place Taylor. At the time I became pregnant,(1997), my husband and I were in no position to parent a child. We had many talks about what we should do and ultimately adoption was in Taylor's best interest. I called several public adoption agencies that I found in the yellow pages. I will never forget how short and rude the operator was at the first agency I called. I will not give their name on this site to protect them. Finally, I found an agency that the operator seemed caring and happy to help us. She asked a few questions and said a counselor would be in touch with us the next day. In fact, a counselor did call us the next day and we began the adoption process immediately. They were very supportive and helped us make the best and hardest decision of our lives. We are not only grateful for the agency but we are especially thankful for our counselor. I do now, think we should have sought out more info on different agencies before choosing the one we did because everything was great in the beginning but now we are left with broken promises from the agency. My husband and I did not have any doubts on placing our birthson for adoption. We were not co-erced in any way nor were we told this was our only option. We were given many options and decided this was best for our baby. We chose Taylor's adoptive family from several profiles at the agency. We wanted Taylor to have a sibling and to be happy. Also we wanted Taylor to have a supportive family with great morals and love for one another. We got to meet his adoptive family before he was born which was really nice. We chose a wonderful local family who already had one adopted child, a beautiful daughter. We chose an open adoption for Taylor. Also, a very important thing to us was naming our baby. We chose Taylor and a middle name after his birthfather. Taylor's adoptive family; however, changed his name when they adopted him. In the beginning, 1997, we saw him very regularly and often. We also received many great photo's of Taylor and his sister and adoptive family. It was great pleasure to see him grow from this tiny baby to a little boy. As the years passed, (now 2001), our visits have deminished. We would like to see Taylor more but there are complications within his adoptive-family that prohibit us from too much contact with him. We respect his adoptive family for doing what they believe is best for their children but we do miss not getting to see our birthson. One occasion that I would especially love to share with Taylor is his birthday. On the day Taylor was born, he and I had already bonded. Those of you who have been pregnant and given birth know exactly what I am talking about. There is a special mother/child bond that will always be there no matter what happens. Anyways, we wanted to share our story because it is unique and special to us. We know our birthson is happy with his adoptive family and that is all we ever wanted for him. Thank you for reading our story! .
"To Remember Is Painful To Forget Is Impossible."
~Maureen Connelly
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