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Identity is such a huge challenge for the adopted child, teen, and adult. With two sets of parents, who are we anyway? Our life didn't begin on the day we were conceived, or on our birthday, or on adoption day. Our lives began in eternity past, in the very heart of God the Father.

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Almost every mom in the universe wants to give their very best to their children. Adoptive and foster moms are like this. However the challenge can be larger for these moms because their children come to them out of trauma. It’s easy for these moms, out of empathy for their children, to consider themselves responsible for making their children happy. They can’t. No mom can make their child happy. But, the adoptive and foster moms can choose healing for themselves.
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