adoptee

Spring Cleaning- Adoptee style

It’s a dark and stormy afternoon here in central Illinois today, and after a few delicious days of beautiful spring weather, I am feeling antsy about being stuck inside. This would be a great time to ...

On My Way – A Foster-Adoptee’s Song

On My Way Some never ever get this far Some never ever see their star But I’m on my way. I never thought I’d ever get this far I never thought I’d see my star But I’m on my way...

Adoption Is For Always

From the Cover of Adoption Is for Always by Linda Walvoord Girard: Celia is a young girl whose parents have always spoken to her about how she was adopted, but she hasn’t fully understood what t...

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5 Things I Learned From Posting My Search Poster Online

Recently, I released a poster over the internet in an attempt to find anyone who could give meinformation on the whereabouts of my biological father. It was not an easy decision, and after almost a ye...

Our Journey Part 5: Becoming Legally a Family of 6

In Our Journey Part 4, I talked about the period of time that seemed to stretch on and on between when our kids moved in and when they experienced permanency—in their cases, adoption. As I titled it, ...

Questions – A Song-Poem by a Young Adoptee

Why did she have to leave me? Why did she have to go? Did she not love me? Why did I have to leave mom? These questions will always haunt me. It’s so unfair! Why did they hurt me?! Why did she b...

An Adoptee’s Bill of Rights

  We are living in exciting times, my friends! After much arguing, adoptees in New York state are hopefully closer to obtaining their Original Birth certificates (OBC). This is a HUGE victory for...

Caitlyn Jenner: An Adoptee Could Feel Like That?!

  The Skin You’re In For the last few weeks, supermarket tabloids, Facebook newsfeeds, and almost every blog in the world have been bombarding us with the transition of Bruce Jenner, a male Olym...