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“It’s as though I were living at last in my eyes, as I have always dreamed of doing, and I think then I know why I’ve come here: to see, and so to go out against new things—oh god how easily—like air in a breeze. It’s true there are moments—foolish moments, ecstasy on a tree stump—when I’m all but gone, scattered I like to think like seed…”

William Gass, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country

(Photo: Brad Ewell)

Anne Heffron 6/18/25 Anne Heffron 6/18/25

Why It Makes So Much Sense for Adopted People to Struggle with Money — Part 1

There’s an underlying belief in the adoptee community that if you create an event, you need to take into account that many people will say they can’t afford it even if you make it what you feel is “affordable”.

Anne Heffron 6/14/25 Anne Heffron 6/14/25

My August Salt Lake City Retreat for Adopted People Who Want to Talk More about the Present and the Future than the Past

My goal is to be MDMA in human form and to, with loving respect, blow your mind enough so that you leave feeling empowered and like that was money and time well spent.

Anne Heffron 6/13/25 Anne Heffron 6/13/25

Limiting Beliefs and Adoption

I have been struggling with some demon I have not been able to identify ever since my dad died a year and a half ago.

Anne Heffron 6/5/25 Anne Heffron 6/5/25

Thoughts On Birthing a Book and Upside Down Thoughts on Adoption

Birthing a book can be so much more than just sitting at a computer, typing.

Anne Heffron 6/3/25 Anne Heffron 6/3/25

What if Writing Seems Too Hard?

Why bother? What’s the point in trying to get a wonderful feeling or vision on paper when chances are really good you are going to fail?

Anne Heffron 6/2/25 Anne Heffron 6/2/25

Dear Harper,

I want to memorize your face because you are teaching me what it means to be beautiful.

Anne Heffron 5/21/25 Anne Heffron 5/21/25

Compose Yourself, Adoption, Joe Hudson, and the Miraculous Birth

I’m not sure how many times I’ve watched this video. Maybe you should get to it before I wear it out.

Anne Heffron 5/13/25 Anne Heffron 5/13/25

How Birth Does Not Prepare Us to Be Alive: Adoption and Skin Contact

This is the thing I’ve been circling around saying for the last four posts. The thing has more to do with a feeling than being a thing to say, and so hence the circling.