The Primal Wound of Rejection
{I didn't realize until after I heard and met Jeanette at the 2021 NAAP Conference that years ago I had listened to her episode on...
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- Nov 29, 2021
- 4 min
Safety Instructions for Being There for a Woman Who Lost Her Only Child to Adoption - Guest Post
{In the decades before Roe v Wade, in an era prevailed, now called The Baby Scoop, where a majority percentage of unplanned pregnancies...
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- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Identity Journey - Guest Post
“I have a right to my own story. I have a right to be a complete person. Even if I never meet my birth family, they can still be a part...
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- Nov 24, 2021
- 6 min
Why Can't I Do This? - Guest Post
{"National Adoption Month without adoptees is like having a shoe without laces. Like, you're missing the very fabric of the...
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- Nov 22, 2021
- 8 min
Adoption and the Bible
Adoption has become what it is today largely through the ownership of it by the Christian community. It is not uncommon to hear many...
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- Nov 19, 2021
- 8 min
Why I Relinquished a Son to Adoption, and Why I Never Would Again - Guest Post
{I first heard Ridghaus on his episode with Haley on Adoptees On, which struck me as I so rarely heard any stories from birth fathers. We...
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- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
What if We are More Than Our Story? - Guest Post
{I sat in Janet's workshop at the 2021 National Association of Adoptees and Parents Conference. These conferences, as much as they are...
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- Nov 11, 2021
- 7 min
Love-Glasses - Guest Post
Flip the script (trailer) "National Adoption Month without adoptees is like having a shoe without laces. Like, you're missing the very...
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- Nov 9, 2021
- 16 min
Examining International Adoption
{This is an abridged version of a 2021 undergrad research paper on the controversy surrounding international adoption and its history}...
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- Nov 7, 2021
- 5 min
Understanding Addiction in Adoptive Families - Guest Post
{When I think about aspects of adoption that are in need of awareness, one that comes to mind is the increased prevalence of addiction...
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- Nov 5, 2021
- 7 min
Not All Therapists Are Created Equal - Guest Post
{I met Brooke at the 2018 Indiana Adoptee Network Conference where she spoke on Brainspotting, and throughout the years since my husband...
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- Nov 3, 2021
- 3 min
Dear Younger Me - Guest Post
Rebecca Cheek Longing to belong. Find comfort in the uncomfortable. Forever searching. Dear younger version of me, This letter is...
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- Nov 2, 2021
- 4 min
Writing Through Trauma - Guest Post
{I knew leading up to NAAM that I wanted to address writing as a form of healing. I've frequently commented about my fascination with the...
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