Author: Jeanne Warren Lindsay
Publisher: Morning Glory Press (CA)
ISBN: 9781885356086
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Discusses adoption as an option for pregnant young women who do not have the resources to parent well, exploring how such a solution could affect the birthmother, the child, and the father.
Author: Judy Liautaud
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883841171
Category : Mothers
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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In 1966 when Judy became pregnant at the age of 16, her family kept her plight a secret and was compelled to give up her daughter. Judy felt the grief and shame as a tangible lumpwithin her body and fought to keep it contained within the shadows of silence. But as an adult, she felt compelled to address the loss by searching for her birth daughter and bringing her story to light--From back cover.
Author: Karen E. Bender
Publisher: MP Publishing
ISBN: 1596929863
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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A moving collection of personal essays about the real, human experiences behind the highly politicized issue of reproductive choice. At a time when a woman’s most complex decisions have been reduced to political rhetoric and impersonal theory, and political debate has been hijacked by pundits and name-callers, Choice joins the discourse with an assortment of candid voices in an effort to humanize the debate about reproductive rights. In addressing a wide range of women’s choices — from using birth control to taking the morning-after pill, from adopting a child to putting a child up for adoption, from having an abortion to bringing a pregnancy to full term — 'Choice' explores the complexities inherent in every reproductive decision. Including twenty-four honest, heartrending essays from established writers such as Francine Prose, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Pam Houston, Ann Hood, and Sarah Messer and emerging talents such as Kimi Faxon Hemingway, Stephanie Anderson, and Ashley Talley, 'Choice' will allow you to truly understand the meaning of the word “choice” — regardless of what side of the debate you stand on.
Author: Jeanne Warren Lindsay
Publisher: Morning Glory Press (CA)
ISBN: 9781885356093
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Discusses adoption as an option for pregnant young women who do not have the resources to parent well, exploring how such a solution could affect the birthmother, the child, and the father.
Author: Sarah Bolme
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972554664
Category : Adoption
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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While adopting a child has become applauded in our society, placing a child for adoption is still misunderstood. Since many people don't understand adoption, they only consider abortion or single parenting when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. The Adoption Option shows you why adoption is an acceptable solution for an unplanned pregnancy and walks you through the choices and steps all birth parents experience when choosing adoption for their baby.
Author: Jeanne Warren Lindsay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780884367789
Category : Adoption
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Author: Penny LaBelle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781697664515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Some of life's happenings comes to us in the most unexpected ways. Life is what happens while you are making other plans. And for a woman, this could mean a pregnancy. Your entire life can change in an instant and an unplanned pregnancy may be one of the biggest changes imaginable. It can be an extremely overwhelming situation for you. Deciding on how you handle your pregnancy is one of the hardest decisions you will ever have to make. But when you surrender to a higher power constructing these events, things become much easier to accept. This book will guide birthmothers through this difficult process while letting her know that she is not alone.If a woman gets pregnant, parenting and abortion are not her only options. The Adoption Option for Birthmothers breaks down the stigma of adoption to open up the avenue of choices when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. Whether you are choosing adoption or to parent your child, how you handle your pregnancy is the most important decision you will have make in your entire life. This book will help you make that decision.The Adoption Option for Birthmothers will result in a creative solution for both you and your baby. You will be God's instrument in providing this blessing and your sacrifice will prove to be a wonderful blessing for a couple wanting and praying for a child.
Author: Amy Seek
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374713820
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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A searching, eloquent memoir about the joys and hardships of open adoption God and Jetfire is a mother's account of her decision to surrender her son in an open adoption and of their relationship over the twelve years that follow. Facing an unplanned pregnancy at twenty-two, Amy Seek and her ex-boyfriend begin an exhaustive search for a family to raise their child. They sift through hundreds of "Dear Birth Mother" letters, craft an extensive questionnaire, and interview numerous potential couples. Despite the immutability of the surrender, it does little to diminish Seek's newfound feelings of motherhood. Once an ambitious architecture student, she struggles to reconcile her sadness with the hope that she's done the best for her son, a struggle complicated by her continued, active presence in his life. For decades, closed adoptions were commonplace. Now, new laws are guaranteeing adoptees' access to birth records, and open adoption is on the rise. God and Jetfire is the rare memoir that explores the intricate dynamics and exceptional commitment of an open-adoption relationship from the perspective of a birth mother searching for her place within it. Written with literary poise and distinction, God and Jetfire is a story of a life divided between grief and gratitude, regret and joy. It is an elegy for a lost motherhood, a celebration of a family gained, and an apology to a beloved son.
Author: Lindsay Pepin Ophus
Publisher: Honornet Publishing
ISBN: 9781938021466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Have you ever made a choice so big that you felt overwhelmed by the weight of it? Have the consequences of your decision made you feel like God could not reach you or hear your cry? Did your actions hurt the ones you love? Joy Will Come is a story of a gifted teenage girl with the seemingly perfect Christian life and family who was suddenly wrecked by the hidden secret of her high school pregnancy. Lindsay and her family's story is one of God's unconditional love and His redemptive plan. It's a story of God's love, so pure and so powerful that it can reach all the way through our hurt to touch us and bring us back into His arms. No matter where you are in life, no matter what mistake, habit, or choice has derailed you from your destiny, He longs to restore your joy and peace. Let this story speak to you or the ones you love and be YOUR first step on YOUR path to YOUR restoration. YOUR Joy Will Come.
Author: Jeanne Warren Lindsay
Publisher: Morning Glory Press (CA)
ISBN: 9780930934286
Category : Adoption
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
Offers advice to help families cope with teenage pregnancy and the adoption option.
