Happy first birthday to the best thing that has ever happened to me: Miss Abigail Leigh! It's incredible to look back over a year and think about all the things you've experienced in a short 365 days. I never would be where I am today if I hadn't chose the path of an open adoption. Never in a million years, would I have expected to be a birthmother and begin to love and cherish all the small little things that being a birthmother entails. It's so challenging in today's society to put terms to the relationship I have with Abigail's parents and how grateful I am for who they are and how they raise her. I am a positive person; I believe positive breeds positive and negative does the same. I try to stay positive. No, I do not regret my decision. Is it hard? Absolutely. I think one of the most challenging things that happens is interacting with people outside of the adoption triad. Some people ask innocent questions that can be hurtful, or say thin
...of a greater appreciation of self and the world around me