Heidi Hess Saxton's Page

I wasn't raised Catholic ... in fact, I spent the first 30 years of my life in a variety of Evangelical Christian denominations, including four in Bible School and several short-term missions trips. So, when in 1994 I became Catholic (how that happened is a story for another time), I did not have a natural affinity with Jesus' mother, Mary. I had always prayed to God (although I regularly asked friends to pray for me), and that wasn't about to change.

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Have you been thinking about how to tell your child his or her adoption "story," but aren't sure where to begin? Perhaps you've been looking for resources to help you ease in to the subject. Today at "Mommy Monsters," I write about using the medium of storytelling to communicate important truths to our children -- both who they are to us, and who they are to God.

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The other day at CafeMom, a story was going around about a Dutch couple living in Hong Kong who had adopted a South Korean infant ... and then returned her to the orphanage seven years later, when she got pregnant. The general concensus was outrage, and I agree that adoptive parents are obligated to care for their children just as biological parents are. Having said that,

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In recent months moms I know have been blogging about the reasons they decided to have children, primarily in response to a snarky broad who wrote a column listing all the reasons she decided NOT to have children.

I decided to create my own list, based on my experience as an adoptive parent. I posted it here.

Tell me ... how would you add to this list?

Are you an adoptive parent? Do you find yourself wrestling with feelings of depression and anxiety, especially since bringing your child home? As many as 65% of all adoptive mothers experience a form of depression. For more information, click here.