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Actually, you can’t adopt a Ukrainian baby. Here’s why The nation’s Ministry of Social Policy has declared a moratorium on adoptions because of the war. They clearly state that “under…
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Actually, you can’t adopt a Ukrainian baby. Here’s why The nation’s Ministry of Social Policy has declared a moratorium on adoptions because of the war. They clearly state that “under…
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A Magdalene laundry memorial According to the New York Times, a new memorial will be developed in the last remaining “Magdalene laundry” in Dublin. The compound with its convent and…
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Published on Medium.com today! “The Virus Babies” is speculative short fiction about the end of adoption. It’s a quick read. I enjoy dystopian stories. Especially when it feels like we’re…
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Here’s why I write about adoption, but it can be awkward, this birthmother/ first mother thing. The other night I attended a birthday party, and chatted with a couple I hadn’t…
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National Adoption Month “Dystopia’s Child” was originally published in LUMINA vol. XVIII. Yesterday I republished it on Medium.com. Because… November is National Adoption Awareness Month. Not just happy stories As…
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Six children are dead There were six Hart children, all adopted from foster care. And now, though not all bodies have yet been found, authorities think all of them perished…
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Adoptees and birthparents are everywhere But sometimes it feels like a secret society, this adoption thing. I’ve been at a writer’s residency the past month at the Vermont Studio Center….
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My essay about reunion has been published in “The Beacon,” the newsletter of the American Adoption Congress. Reunion, as we know, is a really big deal. Probably everyone involved in…
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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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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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