Posts Tagged ‘adult adoptee’

A Field Guide To The Adult Adoptee

A Field Guide To The Adult Adoptee
You know that they are out there, maybe you have even seen one, the elusive adult adoptee.  So like you, but so different, for all appearances a grown human being, but always an adoptee.  They are for the most part an attractive and intelligent species with excellent communication skills and varied...
February 25th, 2010 | Advice, Feature | Read More

New Research Encourages Going Beyond Culture Camp

New Research Encourages Going Beyond Culture Camp
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute just released the executive summary of its recent research study entitled Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption. I’m so excited to see this published study because, although the results aren’t really all that new if...
November 13th, 2009 | Feature, Korea | Read More

And Now For Something Completely Different..

And Now For Something Completely Different..
This is about adoption, I swear.  It’s a conceptual piece, roll with it. Pat fell right out of the berth and onto the floor, the same as every morning.  The hard floor and constant motion took away any bit of escape that sleep had afforded her.  She crawled into the tiny bathroom, there was...
October 25th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

Advantages Of Bastardom

Advantages Of Bastardom
Sometimes being adopted has it’s advantages.  I can think of several things being adopted has helped me get out of. In small towns some families are associated with others. These families are known to be close to each other for a variety of reasons, generations of friendships, business dealings,...
October 3rd, 2009 | Feature | Read More

Across the Generations

Across the Generations
I remember the very first time I ever considered adopting a child.  It didn’t happen for me inside an impersonal doctor’s office or while I prayed in church during a particularly moving sermon referencing James 1:27.  It didn’t happen for me while I stared at red-inked hearts scattered...
September 11th, 2009 | China, Feature, Korea | Read More

Ok, It Is Hard To Talk About It

In my last post I said we need to talk about adoption, about adoption reform, about our experiences.  That got me thinking about how hard it really is.  And as always, the below does not apply to everyone, just everyone I seem to meet. Think about the last time you met another adoptee. Did...
July 20th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

We Need To Talk

A friend of mine would like to get married.  Not right now, but someday. She hasn’t found the right girl yet.  She’d just like to think that she could get married when that woman does come along.  She feels that this is her right. I’d like to have a copy of my original birth certificate. ...
July 5th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

A Tribute to my Dad

On this first Father’s Day without my father-in-law, I am reposting my husband’s tribute to this great man, spoken this past November at the funeral. Hello. I am Tonggu Momma’s Husband. Squeak was my Dad and I am his son. By the world’s standards, my Dad will most likely not be...
June 21st, 2009 | Domestic, Feature | Read More