Two Collages about Climate
It’s 2 degrees in Minneapolis tonight, the windchill ratcheting us down to minus ten. There are mountains of snow on every street corner, and driving a across an intersection is…
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It’s 2 degrees in Minneapolis tonight, the windchill ratcheting us down to minus ten. There are mountains of snow on every street corner, and driving a across an intersection is…
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In my heart I am a girl in Mississippi in my heart. In my churning stomach I am a girl in Mississippi. I am a girl in Mississippi even though,…
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What is a milestone birthday if you have a relinquished child you’re reunited with? I think it’s the year where the scales tip in favor of the birthdays spent together…
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Reproductive rights seem to be growing smaller. Month by month. State by state. The Birth Control Panel recently hit women’s reproductive rights in its most vulnerable target. Pending legislation and the…
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I was raised to believe I had a guardian angel. In my mind’s eye I can still see those religious portrayals of angels saving people from destruction. The large winged…
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image: old road Heddington London milestone Family milestones mark out our paths in this life. In a few days, I will receive a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing. It’s a…
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Adoptees need their medical histories Adoptees and medical history. It’s a problem. My son once told me that being adopted was like being in the Witness Protection Program. But without…
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California Adoption Bill, you fooled me. I feel like an idiot. A few posts ago, I wrote about reunion vis a vis the California Adoption Bill (Assembly Bill 372.) Yay,…
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The ties that bind us sometimes surprise us with whom we feel bound to. A common experience can make us feel close to someone we might have held at arm’s…
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Today is my son’s birthday–or so he’s been told. It wasn’t uncommon in 1970 for adoption agencies to tamper with details like birth dates. Sometimes, when the amended birth certificates…
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Note: My comments are in red. access to adoption records Obtaining Non-Identifying Information:Non-identifying information (Remember non-identifying is the operative word in this sentence) is available to adoptive parents or a child’s…
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Finding a sibling Adoption search and chance can be good partners. Sometimes it takes a little luck to find the person you’re looking for. Sometimes it takes a lot of…
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