Featured Sister’s Letters

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Mom To A Teenage Mother

Ā My eldest daughter had been rebellious for several years so when she told me that she was pregnant at seventeen, my reaction was calm. It was...

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What Women Want

The out-of-wedlock birth rate among women with no more than a high-school education has skyrocketed since the 1960s but remains very low among...

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The Little Sparrow

The Little Sparrow: Once upon a time there was a beautiful baby sparrow. Every day her mother would come and feed her and tell the little sparrow...

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Who are you?

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the ultrasound at 10 weeks. There, on the blurry, black and white screen, was a perfectly formed,...

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The Joy In Waiting

This time of year is called Advent.Ā  Advent is a Latin word meaning arrival, and in this context it refers to the arrival of Christmas.Ā  The...

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Days With Baby

Ā  A couple months ago, when I was pregnant and very hungry, I was rooting through my mother’s cookbooks looking for something good to make. I...

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My Other Mother

Beautiful poem "My Other Mother" written by Diane about her lifelong journey of adoption and the path to her Other Mother.

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Breaking Up

Have you ever wondered why breaking up is so hard? Why, even when you know you have to break up, it feels like someone ripped your heart out of...

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