Healing and Recovery

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An Adoptee Shares... Finding Me

To all those over the years who told to me that I must feel lucky, I do. I wasn't aborted. I was given the chance to live and make mistakes. I was given an opportunity to believe in dreams ... [more]

Defining Moments

As an act of terrorism, on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 two planes struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and a third plane crashed in rural Pennsylvania. This event killed thousands... [more]

Sharing Her Grief Story:

[Thank you to Jody Moreen for openly sharing her thoughts and emotions. It will help us to better parent our children.] I am an adult adoptee, age 46, and I have traveled the journey of lo... [more]

Adoptee and Birthmother: A Dual Journey of Healing

How can you possibly heal as a birthmother when first you are an adoptee? You spend your time trying to fill the void, trying to find your roots and healing the split-off parts that run you... [more]

Success in Healing

The under-estimated power of motivation. I sat staring into puffy eyes, tangled hair from sleep, and a desperation seeping forth from her chapped lips ... she was the mirror reflection of ... [more]

The Story of an Adult Adoptee

I grew up knowing I was adopted - how could I not? I was adopted at age 9, beyond the "impressionable" age. In nine years I had already had enough experiences to last a lifetime, ... [more]

Using Knowledge To Teach Others

It was the late 60's, the era of love, peace, and the free-spirited, when my birthparents met. How they met is still a mystery to me. Perhaps they were in a commune and she heard him read h... [more]

Isn't It Ironic?

I submitted a story to Adoption.com a couple years back, while I was still searching for my biological father. I was trying to find 'Bruce' with some sketchy information about an ambulance ... [more]

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