Episode 130 – Tara – “I Left a Piece of My Heart “

We talked with Tara, a good friend and birth/first mother who shares her story of facing the dilemma of her teenage pregnancy and deciding her path . Tara shared about her fear of telling her parents and her denial after the first pregnancy test. Tara found a friend and confidante who was there for her to give her encouragement and support . In the 1990s, Mother-Baby homes were prevalent, and Tara found her voice to make her own decision.Over the years, Tara described how she communicated with her son through their open adoption.Tara and I shared about the imagined fear of the ‘ evil birth/first mother ‘ that “ Society ” feared would snatch their child from the adoptive families. These emotions of leaving a ‘ piece of our heart ‘ with our children is “Real “, Tara talked about disenfranchised fear and the ambiguous loss which many people ‘ outside’ of the adoption constellation simply don’t understand . Tara is on her “ Path to Healing “