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Hey friend, it's Nicole, host of the Nicole Walters Podcast.

Here's where we laugh, we cry, and we grant ourselves grace as we do life together.

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Hey friends, so if you caught last week's episode, you know that I chatted a bit about one

of the toughest things to hear as an adoptive mother.

And if you listen to that, so you know that it's the thing you never say, it's so difficult,

but it ties in to, is it even possible to love children that are not biologically yours?

And if so, how long does it take and how do you even know that you're there?

Does it affect your ability to parent?

Can you add additional biological kids to the mix?

I mean hot button issue, you know, and the thing that I also want to bring to it today,

because you know, we kind of unpacked that last week is at least in my personal situation

is what does it look like if you're bringing a partner into the fold?

Because I think a lot of us as mothers or aunties or sisters or friends can speak to sort

of, gosh, I hate to say it, but that are natural hardwiring that can come with loving these

babies, you know, but what does it look like if you get divorced and you meet someone

new?

What does it look like when you adopt a child, get divorced, and now you've got someone

who is what two, three removed from biological parents having to come in the fold and love

your kids?

Well, if there's anyone who can speak to that, it's me, but not just me.

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