My husband and I became foster parents because of infertility. Finding out we would never have our own children was hard, but it was something that we could handle. Receiving our first foster-care placement was, to me, like giving birth. He felt like he was mine from the moment I saw his ...

From a comfortable distance, motherhood has always fascinated me.On the one hand, the fact that our bodies are designed to create and birth life is exceptionally creative.On the other, having spent the better part of the past 20 years watching and witnessing many of my girlfriends get pregnant,