I used to feel like a nameless, faceless child who had left her birth country. Adopted from Korea at 6 months old, I never had any conscious memories of my birth family or my country of origin. I never believed …
Mirari Glow to Sleep
Babies bring joy and happiness to families, but they also bring changes and challenges. Children aren’t born knowing the difference between night and day, and it can take several months before they adapt to the 24-hour cycle and develop a …
Magic in the Mundane
Years ago, I had a dreamlike idea of what motherhood would look like. It looked like the time I babysat a 3-year-old boy at the park and we threw sticks over the side of a bridge, laughing hysterically. It looked …
Marked With Empathy
I was a history major in college. The way the world has arrived at the place it is now, the causes and effects, the victors and the victims, the passive people and the active, their environments and thoughts and words, …
From the Heart
The steady rhythm of your heart is wholly unique to you, yet the even cadence of each beat is similar to every other heart. Otnaracy Silva, a MOPS Coordinator and family doctor in Brazil, witnesses this phenomenon on a daily …
Together We Are Motherhood: Meeting the Birthmother
Just be yourself. It was advice from many friends and family as we pulled up to the small brick house in Maryland. I wore a black and white striped dress and leggings, both worn from many washings, deciding to wear something …