Commitments and Excuses
During my lunch breaks a few weeks back I walked two miles each day. In circles. Around a shopping center parking lot near my workplace. In 20 degree temperatures. In 2012 I walked most days....
View ArticleThe Beauty of Imperfection
My husband and I had a chance to spend a day in Boston recently. We decided to spend our time there taking in a few of the many historical sites in the area. Armed with a map of the Freedom Trail, we...
View ArticleEnough Already!
I enjoy traveling. Planning and enjoying a trip brings me joy. Packing, however, does not bring me joy. The frustration begins when I start thinking about choosing luggage. I have a wheeled bag for...
View ArticleThe Power of a Story: Through the Lens of Adoption
Growing up adopted meant that what I knew about the first three months of my life was confined to sterile details from a typewritten booklet prepared by adoption agency social workers.
View ArticleGoing Complaint Free for Lent
A Spiritual Tradition Mardi Gras is over for another year. Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season. The Lutheran faith runs deep in both my adoptive and birth families and the...
View ArticleWhy is an original birth certificate such a big deal?
Do you have a copy of your birth certificate? If you are not adopted, you probably take for granted your ability to walk in to the Vital Statistics office and request a copy of the document that proves...
View ArticleSimple Things
Last week, my husband and I said goodbye to an Outback travel trailer, our camping companion for the last six years. I thought we would keep this camper as long as we enjoyed camping. But, our...
View ArticleBook Review: And Then I Found You
Over the past several months, I’ve been lost in a world of time travel, 18th century Scotland and America, romance, drama, action and sex. All thanks to Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. I recently...
View ArticleWhat do snow and adoption have in common?
Snow It is Spring in Ohio. Temperatures on the official first day of Spring were around freezing. Weather forecasters reminded us that one year ago, the temperature on the first day of Spring was in...
View ArticleThose Who Came Before
One of my favorite church celebrations is All Saints Sunday – a service to honor and remember all those who have gone before us. As we sing “For All the Saints” I always get the image in my mind of a...
View ArticleAdoption Reunion in the Social Media Age: An Interview with Trace A. DeMeyer
A new book on adoption reunions is available now on Amazon. I am SO honored to be a contributor to Adoption Reunion in the Social Media Age, which opens up important conversations on the topic of...
View ArticlePhilomena and Adoption Reform (Yes, they are related)
The Oscar-nominated movie, Philomena, has created a great deal of buzz. It isn’t often that the effects of adoption practices in the Baby Scoop Era are widely discussed outside of adoption circles....
View ArticleFor the Love of First Mothers
A few weeks ago, I packed my bags and headed cross cou […]
View ArticleAdoption and Truth — Adoptees #flipthescript for National Adoption Month
I was born and placed for adoption in 1962. Right in th […]
View ArticleCelebrate Ohio’s Success with Activism
On a warm summer day in 1982, I took a day off work. No […]
View ArticleInterview with Adoptee Survival Guide Contributor Wendy Barkett
March, 2015 was an eventful month in Ohio for anyone wi […]
View ArticleThe Power of Connection – Ohio Adoptees Continue the Journey
March 20, 2015 was a cool, rainy day in Columbus, Ohio. Umbrellas in hand, hundreds adoptees and supporters gathered together in a downtown hotel lobby to march several blocks to the Bureau of Vital...
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