Twenty Families Rejected My Daughter Because of Her Diagnosis—Then I Signed the Adoption Papers in Under Four Minutes

“She is quite friendly.”

I laughed softly.

“I can see that.”

Maisie made a tiny sound that was somewhere between a hum and a sigh.

Then she turned her face toward me.

That’s when I saw it.

A pale brown birthmark high on her left cheek.

It was small and almost oval.

My chest tightened.

Rachel had one in nearly the same place.

When we were 19, she used to complain continue reading …