Musings of the Lame: Life as a Birthmother: 29 Things I Wish I Knew Before Adoption Entered my...

Musings of the Lame: Life as a Birthmother: 29 Things I Wish I Knew Before Adoption Entered my...: This Grown in My Heart Adoption Carnival Topic was supposed to be "10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Was Touched By Adoption", but I can't us...

Family Ties: Are Adult Adoptees Worthy of Respect?

Family Ties: Are Adult Adoptees Worthy of Respect?: Unfortunately, adult adoptees in the United States are still not respected as autonomous human beings capable of making intelligent and appr...

Adoption: The Lost Mothers: 29 Things I Wish I Knew Before Adoption Entered my...

Adoption: The Lost Mothers: 29 Things I Wish I Knew Before Adoption Entered my...: This  Adoption Carnival Topic was supposed to be " 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Was Touched By Adoption" , but I can't use the feel good...

Adoptee Rights Coalition - the Fight to obtain our Original Birth Certificates: A New Jersey DENIED Adoptee: Joan E. Kaufman

Adoptee Rights Coalition - the Fight to obtain our Original Birth Certificates: A New Jersey DENIED Adoptee: Joan E. Kaufman: This is the Beginning of My "DENIED" Story Having been adopted in New Jersey, I was never able to obtain my original birth certificate. ...

[Birth Mother,] First Mother Forum: Why did my mother keep me a secret?

[Birth Mother,] First Mother Forum: Why did my mother keep me a secret?: Jane “My mother kept me a secret; she betrayed me; she dishonored me with her silence,” cried an adoptee who found her mother in her 30...

Living through today: Please pray

Living through today: Please pray: First of all, thanks to everyone who reached out to me yesterday when the blanket of grief was so heavy.  Why it strikes like that, without ...

[Birth Mother,] First Mother Forum: Why is adoption reform ignored by The New York Tim...

[Birth Mother,] First Mother Forum: Why is adoption reform ignored by The New York Tim...: Jane and Lorraine, 1983** This morning's New York Times carries the last column of Arthur S. Brisbane as The Public Editor,* who co...