Did you know that since the 1940’s, more than 50,000 domestic adoptions have been recorded each year?
While the decision for adoption varies, the ending is essentially the same: mother carries baby, mother delivers baby, mother goes home empty-handed. What happens to the mother after she leaves the hospital alone? Consider these familiar scenarios:
- A single parent can go to support groups, get all kinds of help and know she’s not alone.
- A woman aborts her baby and then regrets it. She can go to a support group and find that she is not alone.
- A woman has a child, chooses adoption, then feels alone. She doesn’t have anywhere to turn or anyone to talk to who understands. She is alone.
Why TerriGake.com?
My hope is that by visiting this site and following my blog, you will know that the God of the Bible is real and he desperately wants a relationship with you.
My story may be similar or different than yours. My personal experience with forums and groups for birth parents has been downright depressing. Many participants are negative about adoption and point to it as the source of all that is wrong in their lives. It taints the reputation of adoption in general.
What makes me so different? How come I’m not bitter or dejected? See how God has healed me and used me in spite of my broken heart.
Finally, what is it like living with this in my history? While it’s not a disease that I deal with every single day, birth mothering is part of who I am, part of the fabric of my being. It colors and shades everything else I do. God knows that and chooses to use me anyway!
Please contact me if you have questions or comments or just want to talk. I would love to hear from you!
