Featured Sister’s Letters

World to the Joy

This is my baby's first Christmas. I am so excited for him. I don't know how he will react to Christmas lights and glass decorations,...

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...

Hey — I’ve just finished reading an article on Planned Parenthood’s roots. Like many of the young people today I wasn’t...

Recently a woman in Florida gave birth in her bathroom and hid her baby under the sink. This was her second pregnancy; during her first, she was...

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

Just one look at what my three-person household produces, from one recycling day to the next, astonishes me. Even though I try to keep the...

Trying to avoid pain is perfectly natural, and like most instincts, our society shamelessly encourages it. Think of commercials on TV. For every...

All you brave Stand Up girls are my inspiration, these days. I love to read your letters and hear your stories, which are just amazing. It takes...

I have always been a planner, and the birth of my first child was no exception. I had been married for 7 years, graduated college, had a high...