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So much is ruminating. November, Korea, #flipthescript , angry adoptive parents , co-opting original parents … Before all this, I process...

I asked my husband and kids this year to pick a day in November to surprise me with birthday wishes. They have been so supportive, despite t...

It is day 13 of the #flipthescript campaign during #NationalAdoptionMonth. After posting this: I love that we can #flipthesscript on #Natio...

@genevievedoull @RebeccaGHawkes Yes, your opinion is your own. I respect that. It has been a rough day for many of us, working to see bet...

My daughter, like myself at her age, says she will never bear children. Her reasonings are based in physical pain. She cannot imagine a chi...

When I feel lonely, I turn to my Lost Daughters sisters. They know my pain, my confusion and my sadness. When G.O.A.’L asked me if I woul...

Sadness. Overwhelming sadness is the only way I can describe how I feel about learning nothing new about my history before my adoption. I lo...

“We’re kin,” my Tennessee family said when there was the hint of confusion. Kin. I wanted that kinship in Korea. Naively, I believed I wou...

My last night in Korea, I was on a high with my new Korean adoptee friends (KADs). The pain of the last week fell away as we laughed and san...

The last leg of my Korean journey is coming to a close. The emotions are more than I could ever express in words, but I’ll give it a try...