Express Yourself
My way of coping since I was a child has been writing. I have so many journals, notebooks, and computer files that contain some emotional...
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Adoption Blog
- Sep 23, 2022
- 4 min
Rebranded - A Memoir (Excerpt II )
"What makes you think I want you to have my baby."
- Jul 26, 2022
- 3 min
Reunion Aftermath - Birth Mother Perspective
My reunion with my birth son Michael officially began on Easter Sunday, 2018, three days before my dad's (adoptive) death. That was one...
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
Even Happy Moments Conjure Pain
Joy and regret can exist simultaneously, and as a birth mother who has other children, it usually does.
- May 26, 2022
- 3 min
Rebranded - A Memoir (excerpt )
Junk Mail It was official; my birth certificate was a lie. I had waited 16,831 days (46 years) for information that arrived between an...
- May 3, 2022
- 5 min
Which is better, one or two?
I feel like that eye test plays out in my life. Which is better? One mother, or two; my birth mother or adoptive mother; birth family or ado
- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
Healing is Essential
As an adoptee and a birth mother, healing has been a journey. Today I recognized the old, unhealed version of myself in my birth mother,...
- Mar 29, 2022
- 4 min
Duality - Adoptee vs Birth Mother
Adoptee Perspective I grew up in a family of other adoptees whom I never spoke with about adoption, then or now. I don't know why;...
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