Guest Blog: A Mother's Secret Message
On my 18th birthday, my parents sat down with me. They gave me a file -- my adoption file -- which I had never seen before. It contained...
Guest blog: Becoming your whole self as an adoptee
There was a baby screaming somewhere in the back of the restaurant. The baby seemed inconsolable; there was a lot of commotion, parents...
Gifts, Gratitude and Sliding Doors
The calendar midpoint between Thanksgiving and Christmas coincides with Hanukkah. It also highlights an emotional intersection for...
From orphan trains to DNA: As adoption evolves, many paradoxes remain
Read the op-ed piece published in the Colorado Sun here.
What's Your Genre?
"All the world's a stage..." - William Shakespeare in As You Like It If the bard's words apply to the drama and dynamics of...
On Being Wanted and Worthy
According to the Office on Women's Health, one in two pregnancies in America are unplanned. The adoptee brain often translates the word...
Toward a Better Adoption Theology
"Return to the land of your fathers; blood calls to blood." - Horton Deakins Religions worldwide appear to be in agreement on at least...
The Right Side of History: 20 Years in Review
The Right Side of History. It's a phrase that has been bandied about by some adoption reform activists - BN's Marley Greiner in...
The One -Two Punch of Spring
When the sins of my father Weigh down in my soul And the pain of my mother Will not let me go... - "Make it Rain" by Foy Vance Of all...
The Fertile Chaos Zone
"Fill your heart with the creative power to accept the past, decorate the present, and transform the future." - Osho When the news of...
