Mirror Mirror
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View ArticleFinding My Birthfather
Ayear ago today, thanks to my birth mother Lana’s search for the truth and the man connected to it (and her sharing that information with me), I learned my birth father’s name is Jerry Knight. I...
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Adoption Reunion: Why I Celebrate My Conception Day
Welcome to my first blog post on MyAdoptedLife. I thought it would be fitting to begin this blog on the 43rd anniversary of my conception, which occurred on my birth mother’s 20th birthday. After my...
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Adoption Reunions: Managing Expectations, Assimilating Birth and Adoptive...
This past weekend was a big weekend. Jerry my birth father finally met my family. In the last seven months since our reunion, he had met his grand daughter Victoria, my husband and step son, a few of...
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In My Birth Mother’s Shoes
SEX. It fed my low self-esteem and proved to me I was wanted at least temporarily. I used it over and over again and when I got the boy, I chased him away before he could leave me. I lied or I cheated...
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A Memoir About an Adoption that Never Happened.
How Far Would You Go to Know Who You Are?Currently Seeking Representation / Agent / Publisher[REDACTED] is about the mystery that began the day I was sold on the black market; the day an unscrupulous...
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Our Alternate Universe: A Mother’s Day Letter to My Biological Step-Mother
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View Article10 Year Adoptee / Birth Father Reunion Anniversary: A Video Tribute
This is a video my daughter and I made in honor of our 10 year reunion with my birth father, who at 69 years old learned he had a daughter and grand daughter in this world. We all shared ten glorious...
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