Birth Mother's Day

Today is a very special day, especially in our family.  It's Birth Mother's Day.   And without a very special birth mother, we wouldn't have this sweet little baby girl that is smiling at you in the picture above in our family.  Cambria's birth mother J has a very special place in our hearts.   It takes a very selfless kind of person to be able to place their baby for adoption.  I know it was so painful for her to say goodbye to her baby girl (or instead of saying "goodbye", maybe "until we meet again"), and we have the utmost respect and adoration for her. 

I have made quite a few adoption friends along the way during our adoption journey....adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees.  Well, I actually knew quite a few adoptees before we began our adoption journey also.  I am thinking about all of the birth moms I know today, and wishing them the best.

I read on another blog that Birth Mother's Day is the day before Mother's Day....because they came first.  True, indeed.  J was Cami's mother before I was. 

I know some adoptees that are angry and upset that they were placed for adoption.  Some think that their birth mother's didn't want them.  All I can say is that from witnessing first-hand in that hospital room that Cambria's birthmom loved her and wanted to keep her very much.  (And so did her birth father.)  Neither of them wanted to place her for adoption.  They wanted to keep her and raise her.  However, they were mature enough to realize that they were not at a point in their lives to be able to give her the life they wanted her to have.  I hope my daughter understands that, and loves her birth parents for the sacrifice they made for her.  I know that Dave and I do.

Happy Birth Mother's Day to all of the birth mother's out there...I wish you a day of happiness and peace in your hearts for making this sacrifice for your child.