Elsa (a pseudonym) is a birth mother in an open adoption. She lives in northeast Georgia, where she works as an academic librarian. She is a writer of fiction and poetry, an avid knitter, and still dabbles in the music world from time to time.

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a birth mother attends her son's second birthday party and finds she feels accepted by his family

“Finding My Place in the Family”

- October 17, 2016 - , , ,

“Finding My Place in the Family”

- October 17, 2016 - , , ,

Though society doesn’t know what to do with birth mothers, I knew I had a place with my son’s parents. At his second birthday party, I learned that I had a place with their family, too.

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