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Hidden in Plain Sight
Hidden in Plain Sight
a birth mother’s story of shame and seclusion
Teresa Drosselmeyer
Aug 6
What’s in a Name?
What’s in a Name?
An adoptee’s journey to foundational truth: her name.
KaliLou
Aug 5
The Strength Behind Broken Smiles
The Strength Behind Broken Smiles
The Perseverance of Living With Adoption Trauma
KaliLou
Jul 26
Deconstructing Adoption: One Mother’s Road
Deconstructing Adoption: One Mother’s Road
Dani Joy, mother and homesteader
Jul 26
She Taught Me Acceptance By Rejecting Me
She Taught Me Acceptance By Rejecting Me
Accepting what we cannot control, who we cannot change, and the hand we’re dealt.
Melissa Corrigan
Jul 20
Adoption: A Lifetime Of Lies
Adoption: A Lifetime Of Lies
A plea to adoptive parents — build a home of honesty.
Melissa Corrigan
Jul 18
The Island of the Blue Dolphins Saved Me
The Island of the Blue Dolphins Saved Me
A lonely child escapes into a world of solitude
The Onyx Phoenix.
Jun 12
A Beginning, Part 3: Social Inclination
A Beginning, Part 3: Social Inclination
A Three Musketeers bar was a frequent treat
David Graham
Jun 11
The Dream of You
The Dream of You
An Adoptee’s Vision of Searching for Self
KaliLou
Jun 10
A Beginning, Part 2: The Early Years
A Beginning, Part 2: The Early Years
Reliving my adoptive father’s history, page by page
David Graham
Jun 7
A Beginning, Part 1: My Father
A Beginning, Part 1: My Father
An adoption story in many parts
David Graham
Jun 4
Family Trees: For Climbing, For Hanging, For Chopping Down
Family Trees: For Climbing, For Hanging, For Chopping Down
The genealogical research journey of an adult adoptee
Melissa Corrigan
May 22
Baby Boxes and Shame
Baby Boxes and Shame
If there is shame in relinquishing a baby, whose shame is it, exactly?
Dani Joy, mother and homesteader
May 22
When You Dictate My Life Story, We All Lose
When You Dictate My Life Story, We All Lose
Listening to survivors, making space for uncomfortable truths, and doing the right thing.
Melissa Corrigan
May 15
May 9th: Coming to America Day.
May 9th: Coming to America Day.
May 9th is when I arrived in the United States, my Coming to America Day.
Alex Elizabeth
May 7
Suspended Moments
Suspended Moments
Reflections on Flight, Family, and Finding Home
Lisa Marie Simmons
May 5
The Journey of Healing Adoption Trauma
The Journey of Healing Adoption Trauma
How a Birth Mom and an Adoptee Are Traveling it Together
KaliLou
May 4
My Life Began and Ended on the Same Day
My Life Began and Ended on the Same Day
Happy Birthday to Me — An Adoptee’s Celebration
KaliLou
Apr 27
Chasing Home
Chasing Home
My Strange, Short Journey
Rebel Angel
Apr 23
On Being a Birthmother
On Being a Birthmother
Being a birth mother is a life sentence of pain: unrelenting, never-ending pain.
Dani Joy, mother and homesteader
Apr 20
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