{"id":86187,"date":"2016-01-24T09:56:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T14:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=86187"},"modified":"2016-01-24T18:24:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T23:24:07","slug":"marcys-story-adoption-best-option-for-me-and-my-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/marcys-story-adoption-best-option-for-me-and-my-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcy’s story: “Adoption was the best option for both me and my baby”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(IAmUntold<\/a>) A single mom with no support system and faced with a second pregnancy. As I walked through the doors of a place that I thought would help me find the solution to my \u201cproblem,\u201d I found a much different answer, but one that brought joy to more than just me.<\/p>\n

I had a very difficult and unloving childhood. I was the victim of sexual assault and I did not finish high school. I was unemployed and struggled with mental health issues. I had a child I was determined to raise, but parenting was challenging for me. I was a loving and attentive parent to my son, but I was a single mother with no support from anyone.<\/p>\n

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Marcy’s birth daughter<\/p><\/div>\n

When my son was only five months old, I became pregnant again.<\/p>\n

My first thought was to have an abortion. I didn\u2019t see any possible way I could parent another child. I went to a local Care Net crisis pregnancy center thinking about getting an abortion. At Care Net I was reassured that terminating the pregnancy was not my only option. I did not fully realize what happened during an abortion.\u00a0 Once I was educated on what it meant to have an abortion, I knew I couldn\u2019t go through with it. I decided that adoption was the best option for both me and my baby and I was referred to Bethany Christian Services.<\/p>\n

I looked through profiles of prospective adoptive families and one stood out to me. I prayed and asked God to guide me and He kept directing me to one particular family. When we met for the first time, I shared with the family that I wanted my daughter\u2019s middle name to be \u201cFaith.\u201d\u00a0 I told them, \u201cI need to have faith to give her up and trust you.\u201d The couple then shared that if they had a daughter someday, they were already planning to give her the middle name of \u201cFaith.\u201d That was the sign to me that God was bonding us together.<\/p>\n