Conversations with my birth mother and father revealed something I never knew about my tattoo, and it sent chills to my bones.
The Story of My First Tattoo
Her Name Was Lucy
Why I Started Looking For My Birth Parents
My birth parents had always just been this vague concept... But it was in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve that I realized there were two very real people out there somewhere who gave me life.
A Birth Family Reunion at a Funeral
It hadn’t really occurred to me that a funeral would bring about the chance to meet my biological aunts, uncles, cousins and grandfather for the first time... Not only would I be mourning... I would be making a first impression on the rest of my birth mother’s family.
Birth Mom Callie Jett: Connecting the Pro Life Movement to Adoption
Callie is making a big difference in the adoption community in a unique way. Her biggest passion is connecting the adoption community with the pro-life movement. Her non-profit organization, Talk About Adoption, exists to present women facing an unplanned pregnancy with the option of adoption. “We’re birth moms—that’s what makes us unique. When women face an unplanned pregnancy, we’re women who have been through it,” she says.