Mother’s Day
Every year Mothers day comes around I am unsure of how I’ll be. I was going to write a post …
Category Archives: My adoption experience
The long mile : The long term effects of adoption loss on your family
When you enter into the world of adoptionland as a mother of loss, certain events in your family become cause …
Oldest in the middle – The Reunion Aftermath aka: Collateral Damage Part 3
I made a promise to myself, that as a fellow birthmother, and her daughter, I would do anything to help …
Oldest in the middle… Reunion with my older sister! part 2
Over the next few years, I would occasionally ask about finding my sister. Her absence gnawed away at me. I …
Oldest in the middle…I have an older sister? part 1
I remember it like it was yesterday. My mom and I were in the living room and I had shyly …
The Dark Place – Part 3 – Emerging into Recovery
* Please see part 1 here: Down the Rabbit Hole *Please see part 2 here: The Lab Rat Years PART …
The Dark Place – Part 2- The Lab Rat years
*Please see Part 1 here: PART 2 – THE LAB RAT YEARS My DR tried to help me, but she …
The Dark Place- PART 1 – Down The Rabbit Hole
*This is Part 1 of a 3 Part post. * PART 1 – DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Adoption, and the …
The update to “Newly Minted Birthmoms”
This in an update to the post Newly Minted Birthmoms. It is in response to me flipping out over yet …
Words once Spoken
I knew, this summer when my son turned 19 it was going to be a turning point. To me, it …
The DNA Piece
Many years ago, I began a search for my roots. It was after my grandmother, who was an adoptee, passed …
Crossroads to Healing
So, for the last few days, I’ve been making everybody cry for the most part. I’ve read all your comments …
Being the first “kept” child and a second generation birthmom
I am the first “kept” child of a birthmom in a closed adoption. Being the first kept child of a …
Newly Minted Birthmoms
Freshly churned out of the adoption machine. The newly minted birthmom unleashed into the world. The attitudes of the freshly …
Watermark
Wikipedia – “Watermarks vary greatly in their visibility; while some are obvious on casual inspection, others require some study to …
The Pieces of the Puzzles
Up until recently, I was, what I like to call an “in the closet” Birth mom. I, at one time …
Adoption: Second Generation Birthmom 