My Why

My Why

By: Amanda Burton When I first began working in the field- fresh, young, and green, I wore the title “adoption social worker” as a badge of honor. It was my superpower. You see, I’m an adoptee and at 19 years old, like most, I thought I had it figured out. I grew up...
Musings on Relationships

Musings on Relationships

Written by Sarah Toomey Most of my job revolves around working with moms who are at-risk. Occasionally, however, I get the privilege of working with an Expectant/Birth Mom through the adoption process and beyond as their ‘person’. I do not come from a background of...
It feels like Christmas

It feels like Christmas

Many of our participants in Mentoring Moms reside in a local maternal emergency shelter. It is an older home that has been repurposed to give these moms somewhere safe while they are pregnant and immediately postpartum. As a part of their stay at the shelter, they...