Being adopted can make it seem easier to not exist than to exist.

I have the best job in the world. I get to think of things I’d like to hear about, and then I get to listen to word musicians, word magicians, word kings and queens read what they conjured up in a minuscule amount of time.

I’ve been thinking a lot about gratitude, because the more intentionally I live my life, the more clearly I can see the wall I have built that keeps out sustained contentedness.

I asked for a session with Katie because everything is great but I’m not feeling it in a deeply meaningful way.

The word for what happened to me as a baby doesn’t exist, and so I don’t have the power I need to feel fully present and connected to others.

The thing about feeling broken is that “broken” is related to “broke” which is related to “not whole” or “in trouble”.

Someone once gave me a dishtowel that says But Did You Die?

I thought about the writing classes I have with adopted people, and how, 100% of the time, when they read their work out loud, I feel in the presence of something holy.

You said your daughter’s therapist wondered how many times your daughter would hit bottom.

I took To Be Real, the sequel to You Don’t Look Adopted off the market after I spent seven hours in the recording studio reading it for the Audible version. I kept saying to the guy at the controls, Is this over yet?

I was pulling out the Dunkin's parking lot when a woman walking her dog came out from behind my car and walked in front of me. She gave me a long, mean look as she walked in front of my car, like, You almost ran me over.

On Instagram, I asked adopted people what emotions they did not like to feel.