National Adoption Month 2016
I have an essay here. While there’s only one National Adoption Month each year, the topic never goes away and I always have something more to say. As a birthmother…
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I have an essay here. While there’s only one National Adoption Month each year, the topic never goes away and I always have something more to say. As a birthmother…
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In my morning scroll though Facebook, I stumbled across a post that had to do with The Adoption Museum. The what? I said. The what? The Adoption Museum Project?! The initial…
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About Simone Biles’s birthmother Here’s the link to a newspaper article about Simone Biles’s birthmother. I read it twice. And I also read another interview with her in the Huffington…
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A refusal to unseal adoption records by a judge in Iowa leaves an adoptee with no recourse. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/03/11/iowa-supreme-court-denies-alcoholic-woman-seeking-open-adoption-record/81664750/ Above is a link to a news story that will break your…
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Breaking the silence in adoption scares us. We don’t dare. This story highlights the secrecy in adoption. And a secret weighs heavy on the heart. A secret can be found out…
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Mother’s Day is a difficult day to be a birthmother. Here are 10 things to say to a birthmother on Mother’s Day. 1. I know you’re a mother, so I’m…
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Lady Edith and Marigold at Downton Abbey Lady Edith has a secret child! I’m not much of a TV watcher or a movie goer these days. I missed the boat…
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Postpartum depression afflicts more than 3 million mothers per year. I have an essay in this anthology, “Mothering Through the Darkness.” The book in general is about the darker side…
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Do you know a birthmother? There are millions of us birthmothers. For every adoptee, there is one of us. We’re your sisters, your friends, your aunts, your cousins, your teammates,…
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My memoir, “Birth Mother,” published last summer by Shebooks is now available on audible.com. I’ve listened to the sample, and while it’s kind of strange for me to hear another voice…
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The actress Kate Mulgrew and I were born in Dubuque, Iowa. She went to New York to become a successful actress. I went to L.A. to act with less success….
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An essay in a new anthology Birthmother shame and postpartum depression are closely related, I believe. My essay, “My Face in the Darkness” explores the link. This essay will be…
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