Share your story Are you in the adoption triad or have you been affected by adoption? If so and you would like to share your story, we would be honored to do help you do this. Your life story and experience is yours and yours alone and having the opportunity to tell it can be …
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This first post back I want to touch base about my recent pause from blogging and where I hope to go from here.. But before I do that I have to acknowledge that today is National Adoption Day. “National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the more than 100,000 children …
I start off with a heartfelt thank you to those of you reading this blog and to those who have had the courage to step forward and message me about the adoption-related posts. You have taken the time and energy to step out of your comfort in touching base with me and sharing your stories. …
Please indulge me while I clarify that personally in my life do not refer to my parents as my “Adoptive parents”; they are my “parents”. I only use these terms throughout my posts so that you can follow the bouncing ball. 😉 From here forward I will use A.D. for Adoptive Parents, B.P. for Birth …
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father. ~ Pope John XXIII I don’t know about you but I think that as an adoptee often we naturally go in search of our birth moms and our dads kind of come later. We likely do this because …
There is no other gift as great as that of your mother. To have a “present” mother and one that takes you on the journey of mother and daughter is what every girl deserves. At times the woman who births you isn’t the same one that nurtures you, supports you, shows you your value…your worth …
One of the things I love most about what I do is meeting so many fabulous parents and getting to know so many moms and babes. I have been so fortunate to meet many great moms along the way whether that be in my baby sign language classes, my workshops, through guest lecturing and/or working …
My hope would be that in blogging about this and opening up this part of my life that I can in some way help you or someone to understand that it’s OK to hope, it’s OK to wonder, it perfectly understandable to be angry and to deal with abandonment issues and on and on an …
In my last post I spoke about not recalling being told I was adopted and that it feels like I always just knew. Someone recently emailed me and shared their story that this was not how it was for them and asked my opinion as to how is their parents didn’t see fit to tell …
“An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangled, but will never break.” –An ancient Chinese belief” As you know last weeks post was initiated by a trip down memory lane while transferring over some old VHS tapes. Prior to that …