Flourishing Hope: Birth Mom Edition A DEVOTIONAL FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN UNEXPECTED PLACES by Leah Outten & Katie McCoy NEW RELEASE – NOW AVAILABLE! WE NEVER DREAMED THIS WOULD BE OUR STORY Whether you placed your baby in an adoption plan four days ago or forty years ago, healing after placement can feel like an unexpected journey as a birth mom. Hope and healing can flourish. Filled with hope for the future, this 30-day devotional assures birth moms facing healing in post-placement that the Lord is still near. Though this season may feel devastating, God can bring growth and beauty once more—much like the fireweed flower after a forest fire. Drawing from their own experiences, birth moms Katie and Leah share stories of hope and resilience, aiming to inspire others with the message that God’s grace and faithfulness are always present. Each day has Scripture on which to meditate, an encouraging message, and prompts to write what is on your heart. The devotional is ideal for personal reading or as a thoughtful gift for a birth mom who could use encouragement. BEAUTIFUL GRAYSCALE INTERIOR Product Details Author: Leah Outten & Katie McCoy Paperback: 6″ x 9″ Page Count: 130 Language: English Genre: Christian, Christian Life, Inspirational, Personal Growth ISBN: 978-1-64590-074-0 Publisher: Kingdom Winds Publishing ABOUT THE AUTHOR Leah Outten is a birth mother in a fully open adoption and a mother of five that she parents with her husband. She has been writing, speaking, and serving the adoption community since 2004. Her passion for helping others blossoms from the light found within the dark trenches of her life and the support surrounding her. Sharing vulnerably about the beauty and aches of a birth mother, she aims to inspire hope and show how open adoption can be done well. Leah’s writing and story have been featured on national platforms, including Focus On The Family, Epoch Times, LiveAction, and HuffPost. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Katie McCoy is a birth mother who has placed two children for adoption. Her oldest is 17, and her youngest is 14. She has a very open adoption with them both and has enjoyed watching them flourish throughout the years. She is married and is parenting a newborn daughter. While her story hasn’t always felt hopeful, she looks back on the countless goodness and grace that God has bestowed on her life. He truly has used her story to speak to mothers of all walks. She has an organization with another birth mother called The Table DFW that supports men and women who have placed a child(ren) for adoption through support groups and in-person events. Katie’s story has been featured on podcasts like Birth Mothers Amplified and The Open Adoption Project, on BraveLove’s storytelling platforms, and in self-written articles on Adoption.com. Along with being a birth mother, Katie was adopted as a child and has had an open adoption with her biological family for 14 years now. BUY ON AMAZON
