Hey Birthmothers! You Made your Choice, Just Get Over It
Originally posted on Out of the First Mom Closet:
Up until I relinquished my son for adoption, I had a pretty rosy view of adoption…
Originally posted on Out of the First Mom Closet:
Up until I relinquished my son for adoption, I had a pretty rosy view of adoption…
I’m angry again. Sigh… . Once again, an adult adoptee shared their pain in an adoption community. It was heartbreaking…
Sometimes I hate being an adoptee. I hate that normal, everything events cause me to relive the trauma of my …
[Note: I originally wrote this piece for The Huffington Post after it approached me to draft it. Huffpo decided it…
Originally posted on Adopto-Snark:
This article is old, but the comments section keeps on going, so I’m gonna tackle it.…
Don’t lie! We all have a right to know our complete family!
Originally posted on adoptivemomblog:
A few days ago a very beautiful and touching story hit the internet and quickly went…
Originally posted on Mothertone … Kathleen~Cathleen:
Below is Part 2 of our blog series using previously unshared excerpts from the American Adoption…
Originally posted on I Sat in Silent Musing:
me at 5 days old & the outfit my parents brought me home in I went…
Originally posted on Out of the First Mom Closet:
In what I like to call my everyday interweb adventures, I usually stop by the reddit…
Originally posted on Out of the First Mom Closet:
1. I hate that I can not talk about it with most people. The few friends…
Originally posted on openadoptionadoptee:
Logic versus basic human emotion How can something that makes complete logical sense still hurt so…
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
It’s almost electric, the emotions flying around social media this time of year. Like a storm…
Although this doesn’t surprise me, it does sicken me. My heart hurts for all the adoptees out there searching for …
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
The topic of pre-birth matching is a hot one. On one hand, an expectant mother would…
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
There are SO many people that are searching for birth family or for the child they…
We continue to have hope for justice for Camden and his family…one step at a time. Carri will never stop …
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
Today I am going to tell you a heartbreaking story. A story so sensational that you…
I can’t like this post enough. I love this post!! It really really says it all.
Originally posted on elle cuardaigh:
? Mary Cassatt, 1906 http://www.birthunlimited.ca/parenting/23-why-mothers-kiss-their-babies.html When I was born, my mother did not know. She had…
remember to Love yourself
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
Adoption always begins with a loss for the birth parents (and the rest of the birth…
Originally posted on Musings of a Birthmom: The Honest Ramblings of a First Mother:
Every time you turn on the news or stand in line next to a tabloid it…
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No more whispering.
Our lives are the sum of all the choices we make, the bridges we cross, and the ones we burn.
Just a twenty-something adoptee sharing my thoughts
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