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I am not faithless. I just need to split my faith on the two things that have made me the person I am today. These two things while differ...

We speak to educate. We listen to learn. How can @npr @NPRWeekend talk about #transracial #adoptees without the adoptee’s adult voice...

Last winter, my sister, hooked me on yet another social medium … Twitter. I blamed her youth (six years my junior). Truth be told, Twitter...

The human interest story, as Martin Sixsmith explains, is about “the weak-minded and ignorant.” The feeble do not deserve the mind of a news...

The evening before the weekend adoption conference, this film played at the Minnesota Transracial Film Festival. CLOSURE Trailer from ...

As an adoptee, there are so many people who create your sense of self … adoptive families, birth families, and most importantly, adoptees. T...

This week was my birthday week. Saying “week” must sound selfish, but to be honest, it is the best way for me to celebrate. My mid-November ...

Yesterday on a drive around town, my son again opened up the conversation. “I know you are going to hate this, but … ” These days with a ...

When I was small, my mother would often be presented with this question: “Will you tell her she’s adopted?” My mother’s response...

Re-homing and litigations  have flooded the media stream. I have watched these stories repeat the anger and anguish in the  Lost Daughters ...