The Long Road of Blog
Dear Mom -- An Adoptee and a Therapist Writes an Honest, Loving, and Fearless Letter to Her (Adoptive) Mother --Guest Blog Post by Amy Geller
I’ve come a long way from the teenager who confused you so
When Your Adopted Child Eats Like the Food Is About to Disappear
In response to this meme, an adoptive parent asked if I had any ideas how to get her young child to eat more slowly.
For My Adoptee Friend Who Is Scared to Write Her Story
A guitar doesn’t try to sound like a flute for obvious reasons.
Liminal Space -- Guest Blog Post by Nicole McGrath
I have gone down the rabbit hole in search of just what liminal space is and how I can find it, where I can find it, how I can know it when I find it and what is possible there, indeed what could possibly be there in that space.
Flourish and Liminal Space -- A Guest Blog Post By Adopted People
In our first Flourish class, Pam talked about the idea of liminal space. She talked about the gap between the craving and the having, and how the gap is where new choices are possible.
Adoption, Coping, and Swimming the Line -- Guest Blog Post by Ruth Monnig Steele
My parents brought me to it when I was four years old.
What Do You Know About Yourself -- Guest Blog Post by Joy Alegria
How do you figure out who you really are if you have pretended your whole life?
The Most Shocking Thing I Learned About Myself as an Adopted Person
The fact that it is often nearly impossible for me to focus is not my fault.
The Paradox of Loving a Mother/a Child Who is Both Yours and Not Yours
I looked at my mother with such longing and hatred. I both wanted her all to myself and I wanted to kill her. I wanted her to leave my father and my brothers and to be mine, and I wanted her to get in a car crash and die.
We Tell Stories to Find the Truth
I did not know it was okay to live in paradox, to hate and love at the same time.
Big Mind, Small Mind, Drunks, and Writing. To My Writing Group Who Has Been Working for Eight Months.
Big mind is merciful but not easy. Big mind is you at your very best.
An Argument Against Gratitude Sort Of
To appreciate something is to see it, is to bear witness, to observe, to experience it. To be grateful is to hand over a thank you note on a silver platter.