Monica HallHappy Birthday From Your Birth MotherForty-five years ago today, I gave birth to the first person in the whole wide world who I knew to be a flesh-and-blood part of me. (I was…Jun 24, 2018Jun 24, 2018
Monica HallMy Easter GiftChange sometimes happens when I’m not paying attention. For example: What triggered the writing slump I’ve been in for the last few months…Apr 11, 2018Apr 11, 2018
Monica HallI Just Won’t Think About it Right Now —When I met a former English professor in Seattle last summer, she said to me, “Why are you writing your memoir? What has caused you to take…Feb 16, 2018Feb 16, 2018
Monica HallThe Missing PieceEven when I was young, I was compelled to know my biological family, a quality that is absent in many of the adopted people I know. It…Dec 31, 2017Dec 31, 2017
Monica HallUnfinished BusinessA few months ago, I was going through a box of keepsakes from 1973 — the year I gave my baby up for adoption. Inside were the treasures I…Dec 9, 2017Dec 9, 2017
Monica HallNarcissistic UnderbellyAn Alaskan abduction. This happened to me.Oct 23, 20171Oct 23, 20171
Monica HallHow a Coworker Hurt My FeelingsOr was it just my imagined perception, filtered through a thin veil of shame, that made me see it that way?May 30, 20171May 30, 20171
Monica HallWhy I Gained 20 Pounds While Writing My MemoirAnyone who knows me well can tell you that I’m pretty much an open book. That’s what I thought, too — until I started writing my memoir.May 28, 20172May 28, 20172