Navigating Your Story With A Birth Mom Perspective
Placement is one moment. Adoption is a lifelong relationship.
If you're considering adoption or have already welcomed adoption into your family, you probably have a lot of questions—and some you may not even know to ask yet.
I've been on the other side of the adoption relationship for more than two decades as a birth mom in an open adoption. I've experienced the beauty, complexity, uncertainty, and growth that comes with building relationships across the adoption triad. Now, I use that experience to help adoptive parents navigate their own journey with more understanding and confidence.
From creating your adoption profile to preparing for placement to building a healthy open adoption relationship over the years, I'm here to offer honest perspective, practical guidance, and a safe place to ask the questions that don't always have easy answers.
Wherever you are in your adoption journey, I'm here to help.
Before placement: Prepare your heart.
During placement: Understand the complexity.
After placement: Cultivate the relationship.
““You can’t prepare for every moment of adoption, but you can prepare your heart to meet each moment with empathy and intention.””
Because healthy open adoption relationships don’t happen by accident.
Think of these as conversation starters. There are no right answers. The goal isn't to make your relationship look a certain way. The goal is to understand each other a little better. Use these downloads to move beyond surface-level conversations, explore what’s working, talk about changing needs and expectations, and simply get to know one another better.
You might need this if...
You have an open adoption but aren't sure how the relationship is really going.
You communicate regularly but mostly talk about your child.
You want to move beyond surface-level conversations.
You’ve been wondering if expectations have changed over time.
You’re entering a new season of your adoption relationship.
You want to talk about boundaries, communication, or connection but don't know where to start.
You want to be proactive about your relationship rather than waiting for a difficult moment.
You simply want to know each other better.
What's included?
The Open Adoption Check-In
You'll have the opportunity to reflect on different aspects of your connection, identify what is working well, and open the door to conversations about areas that may need more attention.
The Getting to Know You Worksheet
This worksheet creates an opportunity to learn more about one another as people—not just as “the adoptive parent” or “the birth parent.” Use it to move beyond the usual adoption conversations and discover the interests, experiences, hopes, and everyday things that make each of you who you are.
Download the Open Adoption Relationship Worksheets and start a conversation that could strengthen your relationship for years to come.
*Please note: no physical product will be mailed. No returns on digital downloads will be accepted
Because healthy open adoption relationships don’t happen by accident.
Think of these as conversation starters. There are no right answers. The goal isn't to make your relationship look a certain way. The goal is to understand each other a little better. Use these downloads to move beyond surface-level conversations, explore what’s working, talk about changing needs and expectations, and simply get to know one another better.
You might need this if...
You have an open adoption but aren't sure how the relationship is really going.
You communicate regularly but mostly talk about your child.
You want to move beyond surface-level conversations.
You’ve been wondering if expectations have changed over time.
You’re entering a new season of your adoption relationship.
You want to talk about boundaries, communication, or connection but don't know where to start.
You want to be proactive about your relationship rather than waiting for a difficult moment.
You simply want to know each other better.
What's included?
The Open Adoption Check-In
You'll have the opportunity to reflect on different aspects of your connection, identify what is working well, and open the door to conversations about areas that may need more attention.
The Getting to Know You Worksheet
This worksheet creates an opportunity to learn more about one another as people—not just as “the adoptive parent” or “the birth parent.” Use it to move beyond the usual adoption conversations and discover the interests, experiences, hopes, and everyday things that make each of you who you are.
Download the Open Adoption Relationship Worksheets and start a conversation that could strengthen your relationship for years to come.
*Please note: no physical product will be mailed. No returns on digital downloads will be accepted
The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Heartfelt Adoption Profile
Your step-by-step guide to writing your profile content to create a book that will authentically reflect you and connect wit her.
This isn’t just adoption profile tips, it’s adoption education from a birth mom perspective.
A road map of what open adoption can be
One decision. One baby. One relationship that would change everything.
At sixteen, Leah found herself facing a pregnancy and a decision no teenager expects to make. After wrestling with her options, she discovered open adoption—a path that would allow her to place her daughter for adoption while continuing a relationship with her and the adoptive family.
But choosing adoption didn't mean the story was over. It was only the beginning.
This is a story about trusting God when you don't know what the future holds. About finding hope when your heart is hurting. And about discovering that healing doesn't always mean forgetting the hard parts; sometimes it means seeing how beauty can grow alongside them.
For anyone touched by adoption—or anyone who has ever wondered what God might be doing in the middle of a story they didn't choose—The Sixteenth Year is an invitation to believe that the hardest chapters don't have to be the end of the story.
If you want to better understand the heart of a birth mother, see open adoption through a different lens, or simply read a story of courage, grace, and hope, this book is for you.
Your signed copy includes:
A personally signed copy of The Sixteenth Year
A handwritten thank-you note from Leah
A bookmark
A sticker
Read the story that started Leah’s journey—and discover how one sixteen-year-old’s decision shaped a lifetime of love.
One decision. One baby. One relationship that would change everything.
At sixteen, Leah found herself facing a pregnancy and a decision no teenager expects to make. After wrestling with her options, she discovered open adoption—a path that would allow her to place her daughter for adoption while continuing a relationship with her and the adoptive family.
But choosing adoption didn't mean the story was over. It was only the beginning.
This is a story about trusting God when you don't know what the future holds. About finding hope when your heart is hurting. And about discovering that healing doesn't always mean forgetting the hard parts; sometimes it means seeing how beauty can grow alongside them.
For anyone touched by adoption—or anyone who has ever wondered what God might be doing in the middle of a story they didn't choose—The Sixteenth Year is an invitation to believe that the hardest chapters don't have to be the end of the story.
If you want to better understand the heart of a birth mother, see open adoption through a different lens, or simply read a story of courage, grace, and hope, this book is for you.
Your signed copy includes:
A personally signed copy of The Sixteenth Year
A handwritten thank-you note from Leah
A bookmark
A sticker
Read the story that started Leah’s journey—and discover how one sixteen-year-old’s decision shaped a lifetime of love.
Perfect for a birth mother gift
A thoughtful gift for the birth mom who may be carrying more than you realize.
Birth moms can experience a complicated mix of grief, love, hope, loneliness, guilt, joy, regret, and everything in between. Whether placement happened four days ago or forty years ago, the journey doesn't simply end when adoption begins.
She may need to know that she hasn't been forgotten. That her story matters. That healing is possible. And that she doesn't have to walk it alone.
Flourishing Hope is a 30-day devotional written by birth moms Katie and Leah for birth moms navigating life after placement. Through personal stories, Scripture, encouragement, and guided reflection, each day creates a little space to breathe, process, pray, and remember that God is still near.
Inspired by the resilience of the fireweed flower—one of the first flowers to grow after a forest fire—this devotional offers a message of hope: beauty and growth can still come from the places that have been deeply broken.
A meaningful gift from adoptive parents & adoption professionals
Give Flourishing Hope to a birth mom as a tangible reminder that:
You are seen.
You are loved.
Your grief matters.
Your story matters.
There is hope for your future.
Whether you're an adoptive parent, adoption professional, agency, church, or someone who simply wants to encourage a birth mom you love, this devotional is a meaningful way to offer support without trying to fix her story.
Give her 30 days of encouragement, reflection, and hope.
Inside you'll find:
30 days of devotional encouragement
Scripture for reflection
Personal stories from birth moms
Guided journaling prompts
Space to write and process
Bonus resources
6 × 9 paperback | 115 pages | 30-day devotional
A beautiful gift for a birth mom at any point in her adoption journey.
A thoughtful gift for the birth mom who may be carrying more than you realize.
Birth moms can experience a complicated mix of grief, love, hope, loneliness, guilt, joy, regret, and everything in between. Whether placement happened four days ago or forty years ago, the journey doesn't simply end when adoption begins.
She may need to know that she hasn't been forgotten. That her story matters. That healing is possible. And that she doesn't have to walk it alone.
Flourishing Hope is a 30-day devotional written by birth moms Katie and Leah for birth moms navigating life after placement. Through personal stories, Scripture, encouragement, and guided reflection, each day creates a little space to breathe, process, pray, and remember that God is still near.
Inspired by the resilience of the fireweed flower—one of the first flowers to grow after a forest fire—this devotional offers a message of hope: beauty and growth can still come from the places that have been deeply broken.
A meaningful gift from adoptive parents & adoption professionals
Give Flourishing Hope to a birth mom as a tangible reminder that:
You are seen.
You are loved.
Your grief matters.
Your story matters.
There is hope for your future.
Whether you're an adoptive parent, adoption professional, agency, church, or someone who simply wants to encourage a birth mom you love, this devotional is a meaningful way to offer support without trying to fix her story.
Give her 30 days of encouragement, reflection, and hope.
Inside you'll find:
30 days of devotional encouragement
Scripture for reflection
Personal stories from birth moms
Guided journaling prompts
Space to write and process
Bonus resources
6 × 9 paperback | 115 pages | 30-day devotional
A beautiful gift for a birth mom at any point in her adoption journey.
30 Minute Coaching Call
$50
Have less time or a quick question? Take 30 minutes to chat for support in wherever you are on your adoption journey. From questions to considering as you prepare to adopt, writing your profile book, or how to navigate open adoption, I’m here to answer your questions.
Profile Review
$350
Want an extra pair of eyes plus education along the way? Let me help you with my birth mom lens and having worked on hundreds of profiles. I’ll comb over your book to provide suggestions on content and design. Perfect if you are DIY or updating your book. Includes 1 hour call with me.
One Hour Coaching Call
$100.00
Spend more time diving deeper! Ask questions and discover how to have healthy adoption relationships. If you don't currently have an open adoption relationship- that's okay! There's still so much to talk about and things you can do to honor them in your life.
