"I am getting pressure from my family. I need to have my son back." I fell into my chair not believing what I was hearing. We had our son since he was three days old and now a year later, she was asking for him back. Our lawyer said "Give him back." Words that will resonate fear and pain forever.
When I wrote my memoir, Battered Hope, one of the many traumas I share is losing our young son and the pain that penetrated like none other. Then a year later, we adopted another little boy and his mother changed her mind before we ever got to hold him. I knew I was going to be a mommy but my hope was withering.