Hundreds of adoptive mothers celebrate their first Mother's Day

Rocky Hill Post, May 9, 2008

Wide Horizons For Children (WHFC), a leading non-profit adoption and child welfare agency, is honoring the hundreds of mothers who fulfilled their dream of motherhood this year by adopting a child. Of the 654 children placed by Wide Horizons For Children since last Mother's Day, 536 children have been placed with first-time parents. In Connecticut alone, the agency placed 32 children with first-time parents since last Mother's Day.

Additionally, seven families will be arriving home from Ethiopia with their newly adopted children during the Mother's Day weekend. The agency is also honoring the many birth-mothers and foster moms around the world on Birth-Mother's Day, which falls on Saturday, May 10th.

Colleen Comeau of Rocky Hill, CT will be celebrating her first mother's day this year. She and her husband Jim arrived home with their now 20 month old daughter from China in July and May 1st was the one year anniversary of their referral call. "So much has changed in my life over the past year and being Hannah's mom is beyond wonderful," Colleen says. In a journal reflection that she will share with Hannah one day, Colleen writes "Because of you I am a better person. I see things differently -- the way they are supposed to be seen."

"So many women have been longing to celebrate being a mom on Mother's Day for a long time" said Vicki Peterson, Executive Director of External Affairs at Wide Horizons For Children. "We are delighted to play a role in helping the dream of motherhood come true for so many people through the process of adoption. It is a true joy and great wonder for each mother and child."