John Raible at ASAC
If you are a follower of ThirdMom’s blog you have read the many words of wisdom of John Raible, adoptee and gay adoptive dad. He posted his address on Saturday to the conference on his blog. Here is...
View ArticleFacebook, Blogging and Biology: Saturday in Boston at the ASAC
So now I have worked my way to Saturday, May 1st. I have survived 1.5 days at the adoption conference. I have listened to some beautiful writing on the subject of adoption, I have met some good people....
View ArticleThere’s Something Happening Here, What It Is Ain’t Exactly Clear…
Still talking about the conference is starting to feel a little ex post facto but I wanted to write about the last day because it was one of the best for me. I also want to say something about...
View ArticleFrom my itouch
I guess I really have to get over this. This tendency to go silent every time I get another indication of just how much animosity my son bears toward me and how troubled and misguided he is. So what...
View ArticleMarginalized Mothers
For every mother who ever said. I don’t care, I’m finding my kid…. I’m not sure we are who they have in mind but read this from Twitter. Are we Mothers – yes Marginalized – yes Call for Submissions:...
View ArticleHey Wait a Minute…
Every woman who has lived in the closet for years because she lost a child to adoption has been denied the right to be who she really is.
View ArticleThe Day I Met My Son Revisited
Twenty-four years ago tomorrow I met my son. Twenty four years ago tonight I talked to him for the first time on the telephone. This December, on his birthday, will mark six years since the trouble...
View ArticleMother’s Day 2011
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all you mothers and children out there. If you are together have a wonderful day. If you are apart may you find a way to be together. Peace UM (Mother & Child)Filed under:...
View ArticleDear Oprah…
Deciding to write that letter was an important first step in fighting my way out of the adoption closet.
View ArticleIt’s about the journey people…
I have, over the last four weeks, been on a journey. I travelled to Paris and London and I travelled between North America and Europe by ship both ways. That’s fourteen days at sea. We were aboard, my...
View ArticleFrom my itouch
I guess I really have to get over this. This tendency to go silent every time I get another indication of just how much animosity my son bears toward me and how troubled and misguided he is. So what...
View ArticleMarginalized Mothers
For every mother who ever said. I don’t care, I’m finding my kid…. I’m not sure we are who they have in mind but read this from Twitter. Are we Mothers – yes Marginalized – yes Call for Submissions:...
View ArticleThe Day I Met My Son Revisited
Twenty-four years ago tomorrow I met my son. Twenty four years ago tonight I talked to him for the first time on the telephone. This December, on his birthday, will mark six years since the trouble...
View ArticleMother’s Day 2011
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all you mothers and children out there. If you are together have a wonderful day. If you are apart may you find a way to be together. Peace UM (Mother & Child)Filed under:...
View ArticleIt’s about the journey people…
I have, over the last four weeks, been on a journey. I travelled to Paris and London and I travelled between North America and Europe by ship both ways. That’s fourteen days at sea. We were aboard, my...
View ArticleThere’s Something Happening Here, What It Is Ain’t Exactly Clear…
This is a post from a while ago. But since I have been watching Ken Burns The Vietnam War, I thought I would post it again. One of the things that comes out in Ken Burns’ great (though still...
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