Motherhood.
It did not come easily to me. We battled infertility (infertility won) and then adoption won our hearts over. And over. And over.
Motherhood is not a sole pursuit in my world. It’s a title that I share with the three women who were mothers to my sons first.
My motherhood looks different than most, but it so just as choice.
As I’ve grown older, I’ve come to realize that motherhood is less about the number of humans under your roof and more about what is in your heart. In this way, we include all women in all stages of “motherhood”.
In fact, I am on a personal quest to come up with these motherly attributes of the heart. What is motherhood to you? I am starting a series on my personal blog that investigates. Join us!
Motherhood to me is sharing. It’s sacrifice, patience and cheering. It’s heartbreak and soul tingling joy.
What is motherhood to you?
Lindsey Redfern is the creator and writer of The R House. It’s the story of her family who is living (and loving!) within three open adoptions. She offers help, hope and humor to others along the way. Married to a social worker (and foodie), she and her husband own an adoption consulting firm, The R House Adoption Consultants. She also creates sterling silver jewelry keepsakes and gifts of hope with her two best friends at .
Lindsey has seen first hand the heartache and joy that couples infertility and adoption. She chooses to seek the good. She has survived (is surviving) infertility, Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) issues leaving her stranded for 42 days on the other side of the country with her newly adopted baby, an 18-month contested adoption, several adoption scams, a failed adoption, a reversed adoption and lived to tell (write) about it. Although painful, the three successful adoptions their family has experienced has made it all worth it.
Additionally, Lindsey has been featured in countless magazines, blogs, newspapers, podcasts and television spots about her passion to bring sensitivity to the infertility community and advocate for open adoption. One of her favorite things to write/talk about are the monthly gifts she sends to her boys’ birth mothers–lots of photos, funky socks and an art project from their child. Her blog is full of birth parent gift ideas.
You can connect with Lindsey Redfern (she’d love it!) via The R House Blog, , , , , and on Instagram.
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