Motherhood Series- Part 9 Mallory and Teighynne
I want to introduce you all to this amazing family with an amazing story! Mallory and Teighynne are the adoptive moms of 3 siblings very close in age! The love and fun this family exhibits is amazing! Our journey to motherhood was different than most because this ‘hood has two mothers. We both came into this thinking we each wanted to birth a child. Mallory saw what pregnancy looked like for some of our close friends and family and decided, “Nope, this is not for me.” Teighynne is still holding strong. Teighynne was always open to adoption, but Mallory knew from a young age she wanted to adopt. Mallory’s mom is adopted and she felt pulled in that direction. We were together 5 years, and married 2 months when we opened our doors to foster care. We decided to foster because we both work in the child abuse field and knew the need for foster homes firsthand. Originally, we were open for two children, but, as fate would have it, we were presented with a sibling set of three (2, 1, a