At 17, I Gave My Baby Up. I Never Expected The 2-Word Message My Child Would One Day Send Me.
January 27, 2025
Three years later, when I turned 20, I moved cross-country, a thousand miles away from my friends and family — and Hanna. Leaving my hometown was another part of my letting go of my daughter, a process I began the day that I put her in the arms of her new parents. Seeing 6-month-old Hanna reach for her adoptive mother had helped to convince me that everything was as it should be — as it was…
