I write about adoption

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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The Birthmother Myth

Preconceived notions The birthmother myth. What myth? You already know plenty about birthmothers, right? Or you think you do. But these women and girls who have given up their children…
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National Adoption Month

What N.A. M. is not meant to be Today is the last day of November. But it’s still National Adoption Month. I feel like pouring myself a glass of champagne…
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Crowd Funding for Adoption

Some examples It’s National Adoption Month. And, of course, the topic of crowd funding for adoption has popped up here and there and everywhere. “Pagan babies” in the 1960s I went to…
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Adoption Begins With Loss

National Adoption Month What I would like to say to everyone who is happily celebrating National Adoption Month is this: Every adoption begins with loss. You are happy. But. Some…
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National Adoption Month

How N. A. M. began National Adoption Month began in 1976 in the state of Massachusetts as a way of bringing awareness to the plight of children in foster care….
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