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Courtney Frey, birthmother Poetry...Biography
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More Than a Memory
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God's Wings
God's Wings Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey God's Wings by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) An article in National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating picture of God's wings. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers...

By the Grace of God
By the Grace of God Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey By the Grace of God by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) In adoption, there are so many things we can't Control. So many what if's, so many fears. Not To mention the waiting. What is it that we truly...

Journey to Understanding
Journey to Understanding Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey Journey to Understanding by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) For ten years I've fought very hard to open up doors of communication between myself and my son's adoptive parents. When I'd agreed to a...

Courtney Frey, birthmother Poetry...Biography
Journey to Understanding by Courtney Frey For ten years I've fought very hard to open up doors of communication between myself and my son's adoptive parents. When I'd agreed to a semi-open adoption I thought that's what it would be. Unfortunately the adoptive parents felt differently. I have...

Lina Eve: Birthmom Spotlight
Lina Eve: Birthmom Spotlight Expression. The greatest pain reliever of all times. Spreading a palate of colors over a crisp, tight canvas not knowing what the picture will be, only that the paint seems to be bleeding all the insides from you. When it's done, you feel renewed … a picture...

Courtney Frey, birthmother Poetry...Biography
The Men We Knowby Courtney Frey Several things come to my mind as I write this. It is time that fathers, good fathers, are given the respect and platform they so deserve. I also feel that fathers are not given nearly enough support and information in comparison to what is offered for women....

More Than a Memory
More Than a Memory Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey More than a Memory by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) One familiar issue most adoptive parents have is how to tell their children about their adoptions. Last night, at dinner, for the first time I had an...

More Than a Memory
Courtney Frey: birthmother and talking to your child about a child you have placed for adoption .borders { BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: red; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: double; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: red; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: double; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: red; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: double; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: red;...

Its Never Too Late
Its Never Too Late Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney FreyIt is Never Too Late! by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) Sitting in the adoption agency five years ago I heard the words, “There is no such thing as an open adoption.” My brain registered the...

Seven Stages of Recovery by Courtney
Seven Stages of Recovery by Courtney by Courtney This Seven Part Series explores highly sensitive material and therefore will be brought to you in weekly segments. Each week a chat will be available for those interested in discussing any part of this series. For more information or to write to...

Sharon : Birthmother Spotlight
Sharon : Birthmother Spotlight Age 21~ She just found out her boyfriend of nine months was seeing someone else. Not only that~ that someone else was pregnant TOO! How dare he! She packed up her things and hit the road. Moved into an efficiency apartment. She was scared and all alone. There were...

The Meeting
The Meeting Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey The Meeting by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) Two virtual, online friends~ birthmom and adoptive mom to be~ meet for the first time "in the flesh! I expected Michelle to arrive within the hour. Walking through...

Who Can You Trust?
Who Can You Trust? Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey Who Can You Trust by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) “Don't worry about anything. Instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He's done.” Philippians 4:6 Who...

Generational Rivalry
Generational Rivalry Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey Voices and Answers by Jodi Tripp. There's a woman out there who thinks the baby I am carrying is meant to be hers. She's fairly convinced and has rallied troops of friends to comfort her in this time...

by Courtney This Seven Part Series explores highly sensitive material and therefore will be brought to you in weekly segments. Each week a chat will be available for those interested in discussing any part of this series, or you can click on the "Add Message" button below the text and add your...

by Courtney This is Part 2 of a Seven Part Series. For more information or to write to the author personally, please send a private e-mail Courtney is a Birthmother. She is not an adoption professional, licensed therapist, nor is she affiliated with an adoption agency As in any trauma, coping...

Home Page
Home Page This is Part 3 of a Seven Part Series. For more information or to write to the author personally, please send a private e-mail Courtney is a Birthmother. She is not an adoption professional, licensed therapist, nor is she affiliated with an adoption agency "Tired limbs, sore from...

Part 4 Birthmother Journey to Recovery
Part 4 Birthmother Journey to Recovery "Sometimes the loss of my baby is painful but then I think about her parents and I know that she is where she belongs." Key Words: "Sometimes" and "But" "I'm so mad at myself for getting pregnant in the first place, at least with adoption I could make...

Home Page
Home Page With ten people and ten full carts behind me I swiped my card in the machine. I punched in my pin number. Then it hit me. I forgot to deposit my check before I rushed for groceries. Panic set in. What would I do with the two full carts of bagged groceries? What am I going to say if it...

Forgiveness
Forgiveness Forgiving … What is it Exactly? Forgiving is defined as: "To give up resentment against or the desire to punish." Forgiveness is not … forgetting. Forgiveness is not … giving the person who has hurt you permission to continue hurt you. Forgiveness is not …...

In “One Birthmothers Emotional Truth”
Home Page In what she says was, “ … an intimate moment of pure need,” Courtney began writing. What emerged was an uninhibited telling of some of the most secretive and painful realities of a birth mother's recovery. Courtney Frey authored this book hoping to help others find their voice while...

Choosing
Choosing Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey February 2001 Choosing by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) "I'm seventeen.Just last week I sat inside my college planner's office and went over college brochures. Just yesterday I sat inside my doctor's office and...

I Relinquished Then I Kept....
I Relinquished Then I Kept.... Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey February 2001 I Relinquished then I Kept... The Truth of Choosing by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) The empty arms have stayed with me for ten years, that moment I left the hospital without...

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