“We got the call on New Year’s Day, 2014: a birth mom had chosen us and we’d been matched. But after my son was home in my arms, my birth mom search wasn’t over. I decided it was time to find the woman who had given birth to me.” Denise Massar – Author of MATCHED: A Memoir As an adoptee and a mom through adoption, Denise Massar has seen the two different worlds of adoption – closed and open. She has experienced a lot throughout her life, especially after going through the process to adopt her son. Now, Denise has written her story – sharing her heart through her book MATCHED: A Memoir. The book is about how Denise and her husband searched for nine months for an expectant mom who was looking to make an adoption plan for her baby – and how the journey to adopt along with the journey to find her own birthmom would change their lives forever. In this episode of the Infant Adoption Guide podcast, Denise tells some of the stories from her life and her book. She shares the emotion, the struggle, and the pure happiness that her and her husband experienced during their adoption journey. Links we talk about in this episode: * DeniseMassar.org – follow Denise on her site and through her blog updates.* Follow Denise on Facebook.* Follow Denise on Instagram.* Adopting In America: How To Adopt Within One Year by Randall Hicks – Denise mentions this book and how she followed it step by step to work through their adoption journey.* AdoptionProfileVideo.com – the only place you can go for step-by-step help to create and share your own profile video – so you can connect faster with an expectant mom. This is an online video course I created to help you make a great video so you can adopt faster. Check it out! What you’ll hear in this episode * The story (brief version) about how Denise was adopted and what life was like for her growing up as an adoptee.* Why she wrote her story in her new book MATCHED: A Memoir.* What it was like meeting her son’s birthmom (and her son) in the hospital room, shortly after his birth.* How and why Denise searched for and met the woman who gave birth to her.* The differences between a closed adoption (that she had as an adoptee) and an open adoption with her son’s birthmom.* Tips for hopeful adoptive parents from Denise and her experiences on how to get through the infant adoption journey. Want to listen to more podcasts? Here you go…