“She was 2 years old and only weighed about 15 pounds. She could hardly stand on her own, let alone walk.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘We knew she was HIV+ which wasn’t a big deal. We wanted to adopt a child with this ‘special need.’ She was so beautiful.’
By Eliza Murphy -
40 years ago my parents were asked if they would have an exchange student. I wonder if they knew the doors it would open to all of us?
“I look back with such wonder and appreciation of who my parents are. I will forever be in awe of the way they live their life.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘I gave him a letter today as he left for college. I never could’ve predicted how hard that drive away would be.’
“I decided to write Peyton a letter before he left. I needed to get out all of the things I wanted to say to him – the good and the bad. I’m sorry we took the easy way out. I wish we would have fought harder for you.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘My oldest son wanted to ask his Dad (as he calls him) to adopt him, and officially take his stepfather’s last name.’
“When the day got here, even I was unaware of what was going on. I was just as shocked as he was.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘So many reached out to me I lost count. But this one stopped me cold. It wasn’t the message itself that got my attention, it was the name attached to it.’
“It was a name that brought a story so heavy, so dark, it was hard to believe she actually lived it…”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘They refer to themselves as ‘husbands-in-law.’ This picture shows how co-parenting should be done. The man on the right is my dad; the man on the left is my stepdad.’
“When the preacher asked who was giving me away, they both grinned big, pointed at one another and exclaimed, ‘He does!’”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘I live with my husband, my ex-husband, his girlfriend and our 6 children. We took co-parenting and blended families to the next level.’
“We decided to throw our parenting plan out the window, which was the best decision we ever made.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘I had all her kids. She messed up and it was done’: Foster mom and bio mom on raising their ‘little traumatized souls’
“Our relationship started off tense, territorial, and hard. She accused me of everything and I thought nothing of her. But I realized, she is not my enemy. Her addiction is.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘Thank you for taking care of my baby’: Birth mother and foster mom ‘build lifelong friendship’ over love for ‘their’ child
“She insists Bradley will always have two mamas. She is confident enough in who she is to not feel threatened by another woman caring for and loving her child.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘He didn’t have to take on the father role. But he was certain from the start this is what he wanted.’
“After my relationship with the biological father didn’t work out, I thought I had failed my son. I had no clue that the person, who I thought was too good to be true, would come into our lives and love us both unconditionally.”
By Eliza Murphy -
