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When the Unexpected Happens Four and a half years ago, the realization that my husband Matt and I could be pregnant hit us in the face like a sledgehammer. We weren't trying to have a baby and had not even...
Yesterday Shana shared the beginning of the journey that led her and her husband to adoption. Read Part 1 here.  The Unexpected Call I left you last with the knowledge that three years into walking our trial of infertility, we were...
Dear Birth Mama, I have often imagined how I might react if I saw you while we were out running errands. I am sure I would crumple before you while trying to hold onto your neck weeping. I am quite...
When you miss the first four years of your child's life, you might look at things a bit differently . . . You might order four little birthday cakes, light a bunch of extra candles, and sing for every single...
Your friend is bringing home her adopted child! Her wait is finally over and you are thrilled. You supported her through all the heart-wrenching months (or years) of her adoption process – and now it’s time to welcome that...
National Adoption Month National Adoption Month is a time when we recognize and raise awareness about adoption. Often times, what reaches the surface in the sharing of adoption stories is the great joy brought through adoption. A child in need...
We adopted our daughter from Africa several years ago and became an interracial family. Soon afterwards, we added our beautiful son and another gorgeous baby girl through adoption locally. Before bringing home the first of these dark skinned babies,...
By vocation, I oversee and am a working member of a local domestic adoption program. One of my roles is to educate prospective adoptive parents on the varying needs of adopted children and prepare them for parenting such a...
As an adoptive mother of triplets, I get questions about adoption and comments about our family all the time. After years of not being able conceive and being asked the usual questions such as, “Are you ever going to...
Every time we turn around as women, as mothers, there is some advice being thrown at us telling us how to be better. Do this, don't do that; 10 things to never say; 20 things to make sure you...

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The Best Family Events at the BJCC : Spring 2024

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Birmingham Mom Collective is thrilled to tell local families about all the exciting, family-friendly events coming to the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC) this...
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