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In 1970, I gave up a baby girl for adoption. Keeping her was never a choice because of where and what I was going back to. I grew up in a village of 400 very Catholic people in northern Michigan. My... Read more >>

Dec 02, 2009, Channel: Parenting

Related tags: birth mother, adoptee, adoptive mother, giving up a baby for adoption, adoption, finding your birth mother

Adoption: Badge of Honor or Scarlet Letter? Your Choice

“How does it feel to know that your mother did not want you?” I took a step back thinking that I must have heard her wrong. Searching the faces of the girls next to me on the playground,... Read more >>

Oct 16, 2009, Channel: Parenting

Related tags: adoption, healing, adoptee, emotional well-being, real mom, don't be a victim

Today I woke up with such intense anxiety—you know the kind—eyes open wide, terror in the pit of your stomach, and you feel as if you cannot move. Your brain freezes in terror and... Read more >>

May 26, 2008, Channel: Body & Soul

Related tags: adoption, insecurity, abandonment, adoptee, overcoming fear

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