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A Mother's Story Of Her Son's Adoption: 'My Greatest Accomplishment & Deepest Regret'

By Amy Seek
Published May 8, 2016 at 7:57 AM EDT

Open adoptions are can be an "awkward choreography." In this excerpt from "Modern Love: The Podcast," a story about one woman's relationship with the son she isn't raising.

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