The Long Road of Blog
“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
Love Letters -- Guest Blog Post by D.K.
She picked out stationary cards with a black horse on the front because she knew black horses were my favorite.
The Trap of Shoulding All Over Yourself and Your World and the Hunger Ritual
Hunger is full of clues. How amazing to make space for this language! To listen to it. To give it room to exist.
Online Retreat for Adopted People -- March 2-4
Being in community with other adopted people is amazing, and I want as much amazing in my life as possible.
When You Want to Write So Much It Hurts But Nothing Comes Out
If writing or creating were easy, it would be called eating ice cream.
Installment #4 in the Sequel to You Don't Look Adopted
What gets in the way of adoptees (human beings!) feeling free to talk about their feelings and experiences and beliefs?
Still Working on the Sequel to You Don't Look Adopted (update #3)
I have been thinking a lot recently about why so many adopted people struggle with feeling free enough to tell/write their story. I wrote these sections with that question in mind.
Still Working on the Sequel to You Don't Look Adopted
I’ve often fantasized and written about wishing I could clear the Etch-A-Sketch of me, like I was a blackboard covered in chalk marks.
The Start of the Sequel to You Don't Look Adopted I Decided Not to Finish Because I'm Going in a New Direction
I was going to put this in the trash, and then I thought—but I put so much work into it.
When an Adoptee (I Mean a Human Being) Watches Her Father Disappear
My dad may have years left on the planet, but after his holiday hospital stay it doesn’t look that way, and recently I’ve been making jokes about hurrying his exit.
Four Things Mushrooms Have Taught Me About Adoption and My Self, My Body and My Mind
I think you’ll only understand this if you’re adopted, and if you’re adopted and you still don’t understand, well, jeez. I don’t know. I thought you’d get it.
Adoptee Retreat Online
I want a place for adopted people to meet and to stretch themselves both in comfort and discomfort.