Today’s birth story comes for Kara. I met Kara few years ago. We were standing in line for lunch at the restaurant on the bottom floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial building and somehow I mentioned the book project I was working on. She shared her story with me and I asked her if she […]
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I am pleased to introduce author Shari Guess, whose children’s book “Once Upon a Baby: A Tale of Adoption” has been published. I’m so excited to share a little about my adoption journey with The Gift of Giving Life! We’ve all heard the phrase “It’s about Love” spoken regarding the spiritual principles of adoption and
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It was difficult, as we were finalizing our book’s contents, to choose which of the many wonderful spiritual stories we had received would be included. We consoled ourselves, however, as we made those difficult decisions, with the assurance that we would post the extra stories here on our website. The following is one of those tender stories.
Giving the gift of life is sometimes a partnership between two mother hearts—a birth mother yearning for a loving home for the child in her womb and another mother eagerly awaiting the child she has “grown” within her heart. I hope you enjoy Judith’s story of the adoption of her second son as much as I did. —Lani
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I loved being able to interview Edward who searched for his adoptive mother when he was 68 years old. The information that he found led him on a journey that was eye opening and led to a greater appreciation for mothers and birth. The Gift Best Given is his memoir that he wrote after years
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After the birth of my fifth baby I struggled to enjoy the process. I dreaded waking up in the morning to my children and looked forward to bedtime only to dread waking up again the next morning to start over. I didn’t feel like I was meeting anyone’s needs successfully, including my own. I didn’t
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I am in the midst of the fourth trimester. I wish I had understood this concept earlier with my first baby. It is the idea that there is another three months of gestating after we give birth. I really think the fourth trimester gets overlooked because we focus so much on getting to
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Heather posted these beautiful thoughts last Easter on her Women in the Scriptures blog and I just wanted to share them again here. They are perfect for this day. May you enjoy a blessed Resurrection Day, He is Risen! –Robyn This Easter thoughts about “the womb” and “the tomb” have
Maranda Bower was a wonderful guest to interview for the podcast. She is the CEO and founder of Postpartum University, supporting both mothers and professionals in health and whole body healing. She’s a renowned expert in top educator in the fields of functional nutrition and coaching in relation to postpartum, and is nicknamed The Womb
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I am addicted to seeing babies be born, really I am. There are very few things I love more than having the privilege of being at a birth. While I love the whole process of birth there are two moments that I love more than any other. The first is the moment when the baby’s
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Meet Katie Garner SHERIDAN: I’m so excited to welcome Katie Garner to The Gift of Giving Life podcast today. I have known Katie for a eight or nine years. When I first met Katie, she was starting to work on some Adam and Eve paintings. She has gone on to do a lot of pregnancy,
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