Born to Nurture?
When doctors told Nancy Boltz at 19 that she wouldn’t be able to have children, she was nonplussed, “Oh, well, I didn’t want to have kids anyway,” she said, taking it in stride. “I used to role play with Barbies and I was always the career woman who had no children and sometimes was not even married.” In real life, Nancy did marry. And though her husband Stan wanted a family, he accepted Nancy’s choice. In the ensuing years, she worked her way up to supervisor of accounting for an international company. Meanwhile, desiring her husband’s happiness, Nancy reluctantly agreed to pursue adoption. When the birthmother made a last-minute decision to keep her child, Nancy was shocked at her reaction. “I was really upset that we did not get this baby. I began to realize that perhaps I did want children Starving For Perfection: I almost lost my life Need help?: We’re here to listen .” In 1996, Zachary became their chosen son. “I think what surprised me most about motherhood was how powerful my l
