My husband and I adopted 4 kids. For Mother's Day, we make sure to honor all of their moms.

Our four children are adopted. For Mother's Day, we make sure to honor their first mothers, too.

Courtesy of Rachel Garlinghouse.

• My husband and I adopted four children over the span of seven years. All of them are open adoptions.
• These arrangements allow for varying degrees of contact between adoptive and birth families.
• In our family, we celebrate Mother's Day inclusively, honoring all of the mothers in our kids lives.

My husband and I adopted four children within a span of seven years.