Effects of adoption on the birth mother other important milestone in the child’s life. Reports show that a birth mother feels grief when she has more children because this evokes the memory of the child she gave up. If she is faced with future infertility, she may believe it is a form of “punishment” for relinquishing her parenting rights over a child. Many birth mothers continue to mourn the loss of their child but with varying intensity. It is not until a mother actually places her child for adoption that she experiences what Julie Axelrod believes is similar to the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining,
Angel of Grief Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. The image has also been used in popular culture, such as in an album cover for the band Nightwish's album "Once" (2004) and in the 2012 film "The Woman in Black". Angel of Grief Angel of Grief or the Weeping Angel is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story for the grave of his wife Emelyn Story at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. Its full title bestowed by the creator was "The Angel of Grief Weeping Over the Dismantled Altar of Life". This was Story's last major work prior to his death, a year