Taken at Birth Quotes

“Belonging is where unconditional love is, where you want to be. Home is when, not where. It’s when you accept that love is king and it’s almost always imperfect. Finding home is when you reject the judgment, the hate, and the shame, and you embrace the laughter, the frailty, the dance, and ultimately the love. And love is everything.”
― Jane Blasio, Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home

“I found where I belonged. It took the journey of searching, not the actual DNA, to find who I am. I’m a child of God. He knows my name and He placed me in this world. He knew where I should be and who I belonged to all along. I’m His.”
― Jane Blasio, Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home

“Thomas Jugarthy Hicks was. Just a man. He was a human being just like me. And he was a mess. I’m a mess. I no longer have a desire to judge him. I no longer need to dance on his grave. My heart is full and I can laugh and cry as memories of my embarrassments, missteps, and victories parade through my mind while the sun slowly moves away. And I can hear the many voices of the women telling their stories to me, and I can see the babies they spoke of and I can feel the desperation. The sounds, smells, and all of the fight-or-flight moments from the years of searching wash over me and I can’t sit any longer. So I stand and raise my hands in thankfulness and reverence to the One who knew me all along. Conclusion And Love Is Everything A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR I make my way back down south and stand on the invisible line between Copperhill and McCaysville, looking at them like it’s the first time I’ve set eyes on the two small towns that are connected at the hip like conjoined twins.”
― Jane Blasio, Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home

“overwhelming love. He was faithful even though I hadn’t been. And mercifully, I’d come full circle. I had finally come home.”
― Jane Blasio, Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home

“I was twenty-one, dropping to my knees and asking Him to show me who He was. He answered and I followed. But in 1997, when I was thirty-two, what I thought was solid and could withstand whatever came my way crumbled. I was overwhelmed and walked away from everything: my friends, my marriage, and my relationship with God. I was drowning and would come up every so often to take a breath and see what damage I was doing. And then I made the decision to just go away and live the life I wanted with no one to tell me what to do or that I was less than. There was too much going on in my head. A battle between peace and turmoil was taking place. I wanted to erase everything, everyone, and every point of contention or disappointment”
― Jane Blasio, Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home

“Judgment is a dirty word. I’ve sat in the back of a few churches a time or two myself, trying to hide. I thank God I’ve never been in a courtroom sitting next to a jury box with my peers scrutinizing my life and rendering judgment.”
― Jane Blasio, Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home

“Over the years, I’ve struggled with his life but know that mine has been less than angelic. I’ve broken rules and stumbled on my path and sometimes caused others to stumble. I’ve been granted grace, but judgment is too easy to make of others. Judgment is the path of least resistance. This man was just that, a man.”
― Jane Blasio, Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home