My experiences as an adoptee who searched for and found my birth family and general information about adoptee rights and stories.
On Dani Shapiro’s recent Family Secrets podcast, I listened to Jane Mintz tell her adoptee story, which included a reunion with her birth mother. Towards the end of the interview, Jane spoke about reading the story of “The Mistaken Zygote,” from Clarissa Pinkola Estés book “Women Who Run With the Wolves.” It’s about how the Zygote…
Returning home to old routines certainly has its comfort. I know where everything is in the kitchen and move about pulling out dishes and utensils without pause. I go back to my morning routine of grinding up coffee beans, the hand grinder clicking away as my hands and shoulders get into the workout. I measure…
After my last post and some of the questions I’ve been asked, I feel like I need to clarify a few things on how adoption, adoptee searches, and opening records works in Minnesota. I’m not a lawyer or paralegal, so my knowledge is based on my experience along with whatever information I’ve been able to…
I’ve been trying to get my act together enough to write a blog post for a week now, which is about how long it’s been since I entered another sick-and-tired cycle. I can barely put two thoughts together. When I don’t feel well, it’s frequently because of something I’ve eaten or something else that has triggered…
Post about attending my first adoptee support group and thoughts about the ongoing adoption experience for both the birth mother and child
“The Heroine’s Journey for these times is a journey out of the Wasteland. Each of us has our own unique set of stories to tell… Telling those stories helps us to understand ourselves — not just the place that we’ve come from, but where we might now be heading.” ~ Sharon Black, “If Women Rose Rooted”…
