Courage is the Ability to Walk Through Fear with Faith
Even as I write that line in the subject of this blog post, I can not believe it to be true. I found my Birth Mother on February 1, 2017. I wrote about finding her after a 25 year search on my blog Here It has been an emotional roller coaster, with a few twists and... Continue Reading →
I spend a lot of time trying to feel emotions in my body. I work at recognizing them and naming them. "Oh hello, there you are happiness," and "Oh hello, I see you disappointment." I find that when I can name it, I won't shame it. (free therapy line for you today) As I have... Continue Reading →
I saw this "meme" from an Kate Dahlquist from her Media Album entitled "Stuff We Talk About" which are conversations with adoptees and many others affected by adoption. It has caused me to think and to feel many different thoughts and emotions. I am an adopted person - an adoptee. I am a therapist. I... Continue Reading →
I have written here before about finding my birth family and shared that I found a sister. Here is our story. When I was 7 years old, my dad built me a tree house in the side yard Mulberry Tree. It was 1972, and he used Turquoise paint for the house and the ladder. He... Continue Reading →
I have an 8 ball. Her name is Hachiko. She has an 8 on her chest, but if you turn her on her side, it is the infinity / eternity symbol. She is my adoption story. She is all the truths, all the hurts, all the happiness, all the loneliness and all the longing. She... Continue Reading →
I have just returned from Berkeley, CA where I was able to attend the 4 day Adoptee retreat, Beyond Adoption: You I wish I could tell you all about it, but I can't. What I have just experienced is so sacred, so special, and so meaningful, that I do not feel I can publically share... Continue Reading →
I logged on to work on my Family Tree on Ancestry and Family Search this morning before getting ready for Church I was greeted by the DNA page encouraging me to "Make a Trading Card." So, I did. (see it above) All my life (before the magic of DNA testing) when someone would ask me "What are you?," I... Continue Reading →
I live in Nevada, the home of Area 51. For those of you who are not aware, Area 51 is the place that many think top secret alien life forms are studied by our government. I don't know if this is true, but I do know that it is big business for those who are... Continue Reading →
On February 1, 2017, about 10 pm, my cousin (who I had just "met" on Face book messenger an hour before) typed a phone number and my birth mother's name and said, "Here is her number, she is waiting for our call." I looked at my husband and son who were in the room, and... Continue Reading →
