I'm coming out

For obvious reasons I have this song going through my head right now. Actually it's a different version but the same song none the less. In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month I figured it was time enough for me to throw in the towel & quit hiding in the shadows...sort of.

I will still use the same precautions in regards to my son, K, whom I placed for adoption. I don't feel I have the right to use his adoptive name or that of his parents as this is my blog, my feelings, my "story", not theirs. I never asked for their permission to use their real names either. So that will remain the same. My immediate families names will remain hidden as well. Oh sure if you were to dig deeper into the information superhighway, you can find my family & I's real names, & faces fairly easy. Unfortunately in this world we live in, photos quickly get misused & turned into something disgusting. Address searches are used to stalk and harass folks merely because one doesn't like what they have seen or written somewhere. If someone wants to take the time to go so far as to send me a hate filled e-mail/letter I can't stop them. However, I'm not going to give them the direct access into my life by posting specifics here. Personally, there are some boundaries that I just won't cross in order to share my experience with others. I am first and foremost, a mother; and THE biggest mother hen one could ever meet. In my role as mom, I feel it is my utmost responsibility to protect my family as best I can. And that's exactly what I intend to continue to do.

So here I am vulnerable and about to jump into a world where I know I am going to be met by criticism & nastiness. I just hope I don't regret it. So without further ado...

My name is Erica & I am a birthmother. Can you handle that? If so, then I welcome you to share with me in my story of open adoption. If not, then you can quietly leave the same way you arrived here.