My name is Samantha, and I have lived in Marysville, Ohio since I was 4 years old. I have always wanted to find a “community” that I belonged to, and I am here to say that it took me 21 years to realize that I was born into one.
I was born into the Adoption Community, having been adopted at birth. I have always known I was adopted, it just took me 24 years of my 25 year old life to realize that there was a such thing as that sort of community. So, as an adoptee, I started exploring that whole side of my story.
There’s one part of the adoption process that sticks out to me the most… (and I think it’s because I had a good relationship with my own Birth Mother) and I think that part is the fact that after baby is born, and the adoptive family receives their newest member of their family… the Birth Mama is left in the dust. Now, this could be untrue for a lot of situations, but for a lot of Closed Adoptions, this is very true.
After the death of my Birth Mother, just in January of this year, I decided to do some soul searching. I found myself praying to God more, and for the first time in 4 years, I went back to Church. I believe God planted this idea in my heart to honor Erin, my Birth Mom, and that idea was to make Blessing Baskets for Birth Moms. So that’s what I’m here to do.
A Blessing Basket is full of things to help Birth Mama get through the postpartum part of her journey. Each basket is prayed over, and each basket comes with the ability to reach out. I am not a mental health professional, nor am I a doctor. But, I am a friend. I will be happy to support Birth Mom in a way that is safe, loving, and nonjudgemental.
If you or someone you know has been on the opposite side of the Adoption Process, as in giving a baby up, please feel free to request a Blessing Basket. (You can do that here.)