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One Writer on Helping to Raise Her Son in an "Open" Adoption

By Vogue — 2015

Pregnant and in college, Amy Seek chose to give up her son in an “open” adoption. She describes the joys and challenges of staying in his life­—part-time.

Read on www.vogue.com

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