Fiction • Sep 12, 2026 • 2 min read

The Giving, A Story of Separation and Belonging

Since the beginning of time, there has been adoption. Some adoptions were for financial reasons, inheritance laws, and cultural dictation or religious reasons...then in the 50s and 60s there was a large number of adoptions known as the Baby Sweep...and no one ever really thought about how the first mothers felt. This is the story of an unwed mother who knew she could not give the baby she carried the life that she dreamed of, the love, the care, the future, so she made the most loving and most painful decision a mother can make. This is Eleanor's story, Rose's story, and the millions of adopted children, adoptive parents, and the first mothers, who walked away from the very thing they wanted more than life itself...