Adoptee Blogs

January 7, 2010, 1:58 pm

Throughout most of my adult life therapy has been a very important part of my growth. I've had some good therapists and one GREAT one. I've tried a few that didn't work out because they had no real understanding of adoption issues. Each time I've looked for a therapist I've found it difficult to...

January 11, 2010, 1:01 pm

This past week I had a discussion with a social worker who conducts home studies for a local adoption agency. We had a great discussion and one topic that came up was the situation where adoptive parents are not forthcoming with adoption information with their child. To me, it seems really obvious...

January 27, 2010, 9:34 pm

Today a person asked me what it was like to find my birth mother. I had a good experience so I described what it was like and it wasn't a very exciting or emotional story. The person seemed a little disappointed it was just a rather dull story about how we exchanged letters and then eventually met...

January 30, 2010, 6:14 pm

Lately I've been reading a lot of blogs written by birth mothers. I especially enjoy reading Jenna's blog on this site. Obviously, as an adoptee I spend a lot of time thinking about adoption issues from the adoptee perspective but I'm trying to learn more about all sides of the triad. I am...

January 31, 2010, 5:31 pm

Lately I've been thinking a lot about open adoption. I've been reading lots of blogs and am reading a couple of books on the topic. Meghann shares great information about her open adoption in her blog. This site also has a nice list of articles, discussion lists and lists of other resources on...

February 14, 2010, 7:06 pm

Facebook. It is a great tool. Great for keeping in touch with family, for reconnecting with old friends and for finding new organizations and interests. It can also eat up lots of time reading status updates about friends from high school that you don't even remember! I'm totally guilty of...

February 18, 2010, 7:44 pm

Last week I was in New York City on a short business trip. I sat at a Starbucks watching people rush to lunch, to the subway or back to their office. I love NYC because of the amazing diversity of the people. As a child I simply could not imagine a place like NYC. I only knew the world I lived in...

February 21, 2010, 7:03 pm

While writing my last blog post about traveling and family vacations I started to think about my definition of diversity. Diversity is a tough thing to define. I think so much of it depends on the position of the person giving the definition. I do not consider the area where I was raised to be...

February 27, 2010, 5:21 pm

For those who are either currently searching for birth family or for those that are considering beginning a search there are a number of options. Over the next couple of months I will periodically focus on a specific search option. Today I will focus on self-searching, specifically using public...

February 28, 2010, 8:16 pm

I remember when I first started to really explore adoption issues in my life. Once I decided to unlock that door in my mind and really examine some of my issues thoughts and questions flooded out and consumed a great deal of my time and energy. I would think about searching for my birth mother,...