The "M" Word
"Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value." - Joe Biden Houston, adoption reform land has a...
The AAARA Resolution and Incremental Change
The adoption reform community was stunned and elated to read the January 13, 2018 resolution from the Academy of Adoption and Assisted...
Guest Blog: You don't know what you've lost 'til you've found it!
Some thoughts on Mother/ Adult Child reunions. After more than 30 years of talking to and guiding adoptees and their birth parents while...
Adoption Ethics Extend Far Beyond Secrets and Obligations
Recent letters written by parents who relinquished children for adoption have appeared in widely read newspaper columns by "Ask Amy"...
Do You See What I See? A Layman's Observations About Truth and Lies in Adoption Reform
“…and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” - John 8:32 The above quote has been widely misappropriated and...
The "Both and" of National Adoption Month and Pie
National Adoption Month is upon us, and the usual rhetoric of the joyous miracle of "forever families" and the wounds and angst of "flip...
Wild Dogs in the Basement: The Enigmatic Male Adoptee
Have you ever wondered why social media, conferences and political adoption reform efforts seem to attract disproportionately few male...
Eclipsing Antiquated Laws
Today in Denver, which lies just south of the Path of Totality, I was offered the opportunity to look directly at the solar eclipse by...
Is Loss of Family Continuity "Intersectional?"
It's official. In April, Merriam-Webster proclaimed that the word intersectionality, first coined in the 1980s, is probably here to stay....
