Is It Stalking or Sleuthing? February is Eric’s birthday month – he’ll be 24 on the 24th. I shrieked a little to myself in the car the other day when I realized that he’ll be just three years younger than I was when I had him. Wow – no real sense of what I was … Continue reading Is It Stalking or Sleuthing?
Pulpwood Queens and an Adoption Theme Today is the first day of the 2018 LA Festival of Books. I am here with a colleague, Birgit Walker, who with her husband Jim, cowrote Keep Your Paws on the Road, about teaching your dog to be a great travel companion. I am also representing about a dozen … Continue reading Pulpwood Queens and an Adoption Theme
Two Reunions and a Wedding Tomorrow is John’s and my 7th wedding anniversary. We chose St. Patrick’s Day, a Thursday, because of my affinity for the Irish part of my bloodline and because it was pretty nontraditional. As important a day as it was, the day before – seven years ago today – was perhaps … Continue reading Two Reunions and a Wedding
23 It’s been interesting, in writing these posts, how many details I remember. Perhaps it’s because I’ve told some of these stories a few times, so the details have imprinted. Other things I don’t remember nearly as vividly. Today is Eric’s 23rd birthday. It’s after 7 p.m. as I write this, but I don’t have … Continue reading 23
Graduation Letter to My Son – 5 June 2013 A letter I wrote but never sent… Dear Eric – Congratulations, again, on a fine finish to your high school days – and best wishes for a great start to the next phase of your life. Your mom keeps telling me how anxious you are to get … Continue reading Graduation Letter to My Son – 5 June 2013
Opening an Adoption There are coincidences and then there are COINCIDENCES. My friend Beth Kozan has written a book about the many coincidences – or synchronicities – she has seen in adoptions over her long career in the field. For one of my birthmom friends, it was snowshoes. For one couple in Beth’s book, ADOPTION … Continue reading Opening an Adoption
Checking the Calendar If you’ve been reading or following this blog, you may have seen a comment or two from me about the seemingly innumerable coincidences – or synchronicities – that punctuate our adoption. Today is Kathy’s birthday – HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Eric’s other mother! It’s only the first February birthday, though. Eric’s birthday … Continue reading Checking the Calendar
Birthparent Advocates People who get birthparents get birthparents. Four individuals come to mind – all of whom are/were adoption social workers whose job it is/was to advocate for women who place(d) their babies for adoption, as well as birthfathers when they are involved. The first is Jim Gritter. I don’t know if Jim has any … Continue reading Birthparent Advocates
So Much More Than Simple Luck Through the years, people have told me that I am lucky to have found such a great family for my son – a term that used to grate on me. It wasn’t luck – it was persistence and determination. You know the saying, “You can’t be a little bit … Continue reading So Much More Than Simple Luck
When Your Kid Texts You a Thank You Note My husband and I visited with my son and his adoptive family in New Jersey for a couple days the last week of December. That visit was, no doubt, the genesis for this blog. Our adoption has been open for some time, and it has evolved … Continue reading When Your Kid Texts You a Thank You Note
Eric's Other Mother 