Written by whitwilliams09June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

LISTEN/WATCH: Our story featured on “The Embryo Adoption Podcast”

WATCH my interview with Mark Mellinger of the National Embryo Donation Center here: https://fb.watch/5SohpKO2ri/ LISTEN: Check out Episode 2 of The Embryo Adoption Podcast, and please subscribe (and spread the word!) at the links below: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/…/the-embryo…/id1569625477 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Dz0M6Hl2oYx01j2x4t0uF Google: https://podcasts.google.com/…/aHR0cHM6Ly9tbWVsbGluZ2VyL… Audible: https://music.amazon.com/…/The-Embryo-Adoption-Podcast

Written by whitwilliams09November 19, 2019September 14, 2021

Plan B

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance your plans haven’t gone as expected when it comes to having children. Ours certainly didn’t. As you’ll learn if you read some of my earlier blog posts, my husband and I came to embryo adoption after finding out with the birth of our eldest son that we […]

Written by whitwilliams09October 19, 2018September 14, 2021

Jake and Luke’s “real” family

Not too long ago during dinner I told my five-year-old bio son that the next day we were going to visit the family through whom God gave us Jake and Luke.

“Oh, you mean Jake and Luke’s ‘real’ family?” he said, innocently.

Written by whitwilliams09February 7, 2018November 9, 2019

Non-supermamas can breastfeed (even twins!)

When I found out I was having twins, I thought breastfeeding was out the door. “Only super-crunchy supermamas can successfully breastfeed twins,” I thought. And now, here I am, more than 11 months in, breastfeeding my twin boys with frozen milk to spare. Let me be clear: I’m not a supermom. I’m not oily. I […]

Written by whitwilliams09December 27, 2017November 9, 2019

Blessings for the bleating heart

My three children are very needy. The focus of this post is not to complain about them (they are a joy), but instead, to confess something about myself: Between working a full-time job from home, breastfeeding, changing poopy diapers/sheets/clothes, getting everyone dressed (except myself), making pb&js, doing laundry, giving baths (occasionally), making dinner, and picking […]

Written by whitwilliams09October 11, 2017November 9, 2019

How being “chosen” changes you: An open letter to my babies’ genetic parents

I sent the following message to Jake and Luke’s genetic parents this morning on a whim as the Spirit moved in my heart, and I thought it was worth sharing with everyone, not because I think it was great writing on my part (I’m sure I could have made it better had I taken more […]

Written by whitwilliams09July 13, 2017November 9, 2019

Sharing the love: Genetic fam meets Jake and Luke

I love how loved my babies are. Not only are we crazy about them, but their genetic family seems to be pretty keen on them too. Here are some pics from this past Saturday, when over hot dogs, hamburgers, and homemade ice cream we shared our precious boys with the man and woman who literally […]

Written by whitwilliams09May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

An open letter to Baby Bee Hummingbirds

A sincere plea to the creators of “embryo ash” jewelry from a mommy who adopted her twin babies as embryos

Written by whitwilliams09March 9, 2017November 9, 2019

They’re here … ‘that my mouth may declare Your praise’

“O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise.” (Psalm 51:15) Jake Allen and Luke Andrew Williams are here and healthy as of March 2, 2017 at 10:02 and 10:04 a.m. … that my mouth may declare His praise. Instead of being trashed or donated to scientific research, Jake and Luke’s genetic […]

Written by whitwilliams09November 18, 2016November 9, 2019

Made for me, meant to be

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the […]

Frozen love

An embryo adoption journey