A Birthmother on Mother’s Day

One dozen ways to be with a birthmother on Mother’s Day Here’s the thing. It’s not easy to be a birthmother on Mother’s Day. Try this. Google birthmother. The search…
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The Adoption Museum Project

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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Simone Biles’s Birthmother

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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Breaking the Silence

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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What to Say to a Birthmother

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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“Birth Mother” is on audible.com

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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This Mom’s Mother’s Day

  If you’re a birthmother, Mother’s Day is different. Really different. Tobias Wolff, author of This Boy’s Life, has this to say about his mother:“In her life she didn’t get…
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Under the Same Moon

  All of us are under the same moon. Last night I went looking for the moon. I wanted to see it rising over the red tile roofs of my…
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