Two women.
Same age.
Different eras.
Different choices.
In this powerful episode of Roots and Branches, host Janet Munro and guest Nicole Haley compare their unplanned pregnancies nearly twenty years apart — and how the times they lived in shaped the choices they believed were possible.
Janet became pregnant in 1969, when unwed mothers were hidden and adoption was often the only acceptable option. Nicole became pregnant years later, in a world with more support for single mothers and blended families. Janet chose adoption. Nicole chose to raise her son.
Both decisions were made in love.
Both carried loss.
Neither came with guarantees.
Together, they explore motherhood lived and motherhood lost, reunion and rejection, and the question that never fully goes away:
How would our lives be different if we had chosen differently?
This episode is not about right or wrong — it’s about context, compassion, and understanding how deeply our choices are shaped by the time we live in.
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