As promised in yesterday's post, I had a recent discussion with some other mothers, during which the fact that we're all in different relationships with our parents due to circumstance and personality was really evident. The issues of adoption and forgiveness run deep. The parent-child dynamic is a complex one without... more

I've often wondered why forgiving our own parents can be one of the hardest steps a birth parent has to make on their healing journey. For me, personally, it was a long process. Relationships between child and parent have been destroyed, never to be repaired, because of adoption. Why? What is at the core of this inability or unwillingness to forgive?

I think the fact that these people are our parents is what lies at the core. As children, we expect our parents to protect us from harm, be it emotional or physical. They are... more