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Transcendence3 comments

joy21 wrote 3 weeks ago: The short days of November have not been kind to me. Sometimes the lack of daylight is exhausting. Y … more →

Tags: Adoption, Birth Mothers, Joy, My mother, national aodption day, Rule for Radicals, Saul Alinsky, Transcendence

A rose by any other name?1 comment

amazonadoptee wrote 2 months ago: One of my favorite ideas to think about is written so well in Phillip Pullman’s The Golden Com … more →

Tags: names, Adoption, adoptee, reunion, Birthfamily, adoptive family, Baby Names

Tuesdays With Marlie1 comment

joy21 wrote 3 months ago: Marlie is my best IRL adoptee friend. She lives up in Seattle and usually calls me about once a mont … more →

Tags: adoptee, Adoption, why don't adoptees get a pride parade?, Adoptive Parents, Birthmothers, adoption sucks, jerky Prospective Adoptive Parents, Birth Mothers, I have no right to this genius offspring

Book: Founding Mothers

trundlebedtales wrote 9 months ago: Founding Mothers : The Women who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts Here is another audio book. Unli … more →

Tags: Books, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, Book Review, book, Abigail Adams, Martha Washington, Mercy Otis Warren, Eliza Pickney, Mary Bartlett

Back On The Horse2 comments

Coco wrote 1 year ago: I was highly panty-wadded when I wrote my “Cinderella” post. Upon some reflection, I was … more →

Tags: Adoption, Adoptees, Family, Life, writing, Memories

So Don't Do That.9 comments

Coco wrote 1 year ago: Everybody knows this old vaudeville joke, right? A man goes in to see the doctor and says “Doc … more →

Tags: Adoption, why I need aspirin, please make it stop

Speaking

lhjh4 wrote 1 year ago: Well, this was another busy week.  Trying to get through a slow week at work and finding out that a … more →

Tags: Life, Adoption, whine, Unknown, mediation, Birthmothers, Speaking, Panels

How To Mess up Two Women's Lives With Hardly Any Effort - A True Story of Lies, Secrecy & Denial 4 comments

imtina wrote 1 year ago: If you happen to have about 45 minutes or so…here’s a truly compelling story from NPR.  … more →

Tags: Adoption, Adoption Blog, Adoption Ethics, Birth Mothers, Children, Daughters, Family, lies, Motherhood

That's One Big Powerful Mother Dude!4 comments

unsignedmasterpiece wrote 1 year ago: I want to know who she is and where she is, that big powerful mother who keeps convincing the legisl … more →

Tags: Adoption Reunion, Adoptive Parents, Adoptees, adoption disclosure, open adoption records, Birth Mothers, Add new tag, closed adoption records

Question 3

julijeong wrote 1 year ago: Our next question comes to us from Elisabeth: One question I have is what I/we should be doing a new … more →

Tags: Question #3, Birth Mothers

Feedsack Fabric, Dresses & Kit Kittredge - NaJuPicMo19 comments

imtina wrote 1 year ago:                 Suzannah has become interested in the American Girl dolls, especially since we saw t … more →

Tags: Adoption, American Girl, Birth Mothers, Blogging, Children, crafty, Daughters, Decorating, fabric

The Chronicles Are Back!3 comments

Coco wrote 1 year ago: Really, do I need to say more? The Chronicles of Muchkinland have made a triumphant return! She … more →

Tags: Adoption, Life, my friends rock, Show Some Love, writing

Dude, where's my post?21 comments

imtina wrote 1 year ago: I’m having serious blogger’s block.  My last post was a big giant spa treatment for my s … more →

Tags: Adopting, Adoption, Adoption Blog, Adoption Ethics, Birth Mothers, Breastfeeding, Children, Daughters, Family

Sick and Tired16 comments

Coco wrote 1 year ago: I’m sick and tired of adoption. Again. No matter where we go, it seems, there is someone waiti … more →

Tags: Adoption, Mothers, adoption reform, why I need aspirin, so this is why life sucks, my panties are in a wad, please make it stop

If you are about to adopt - reset your compass95 comments

imtina wrote 1 year ago: The following will be a list of ideas and concepts to reconsider during your wait.  This is, in part … more →

Tags: Adoptees, Adopting, Adoption, Adoption Blog, Adoption Ethics, adoptive, Birth Mothers, Children, Family

What I ought to feel 7 comments

imtina wrote 1 year ago: …is gratitude and thankfulness.  I ought to stroke my daughters’ hair and feel the softn … more →

Tags: Adoptees, Adoption, Adoption Ethics, Birth Mothers, Children, cooking, Daughters, Family, infertility

Crack open the Kumis and raise your glasses!7 comments

imtina wrote 1 year ago: Suzanne, over at Straight Down The Mountain has downright made me blush.  She has nominated me for t … more →

Tags: Adopting, Adoption, Adoption Blog, Adoption Ethics, adoptive, Birth Mothers, Cancer, Children, Family

Hello, Wittenberg University!

Coco wrote 1 year ago: Like Nicole and Suz, I received a number of hits on my blog yesterday from a Wittenberg University s … more →

Tags: Adoption, Family, Life, Birth Mothers, dealing with adoption, talking about adoption

Global Issues Start With Me (A Repost)4 comments

imtina wrote 1 year ago: The following is a post I wrote nearly a year ago.  In response to my last post regarding Daniel Dre … more →

Tags: Adoptees, Adopting, Adoption, Adoption Blog, Adoption Ethics, adoptive, Birth Mothers, Children, Daughters


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