What is life story work and why does it matter?
Guest blog on identity, the “trove” project, and why it’s important for adoptees and care experienced children to keep mementos and memories safe…
A letter to my friends having IVF
Please, please forgive me if I cheer you on from a distance…
Dear dearest adoption, a backward impossible paradox
“…the weights are tipped I’m sad to say and hopeful love and best intentions are often drowned.”
Heard the one about social services taking your children into care?
Have you noticed it’s trendy to joke about your children being taken away?
Dear grandmother, from your secret granddaughter...
A letter to my biological grandmother, who didn’t know she had a granddaughter given up for adoption…
Sophie Willan: highbrow comedy from a care leaver
Can we all be reduced to the label of hero, victim or devil? My thoughts on Sophie’s show…
Sorry these seats are taken: a short reflection on adoption reunion
A short reflection on adoption reunion and how it’s felt since coming out of the fog…
What have you been up to?
How do I explain just how much all this adoption "stuff" has taken over my life in the last year?
Self-care meet-up for adoptees by On Being Adopted - my review
A wonderful experience with a small group of UK adoptees, including healing yoga and a safe space for sharing stories...
YOU – a play about adoption written and directed by adoptees
Review of YOU, the multi-award winning show about adoption, written and directed by adoptees
Friendship, goodbyes & holidays: adoption triggers part two
Even adoptees who have only ever lived with one family can struggle with attachment on a day-to-day basis, or when a big life event occurs...
Adoption reunion top tips
Expect to be overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. And don't forget your camera! Here are my adoption reunion tips...
Why are you so angry?
I'm not just another angry adoptee. But I am angry - here's why, AND what we can all do about it.
Better than the alternative?
Don’t tell me I should be grateful I wasn’t aborted. Just button your mouth and listen to adoptees.
Reunion rocks. Reunion sucks.
Being in active reunion is like eating salt and vinegar crisps and forgetting your hands are covered with paper cuts.
Post-natal depression or delayed adoption grief?
All about the rollercoaster I went on when I became a mother who hadn’t dealt with losing her own birth mother!
What does it take to love an adoptee?
Do you have endless patience, nerves of steel and the ability to withstand constant attempts to push you away?
It's The Little Things - new poem
New poem about being adopted, and how I feel about not looking like my parents or my siblings.
Why I’m terrified to write this adoption blog
When you’ve been silent for so long, it’s a big deal to speak out. Here’s what goes through my mind every time I post about adoption…
A-Z of adoption triggers (Part one: A-C)
I didn't realise how many adoption triggers I had until I started to list them! It's been really helpful for me to become aware of what makes me anxious, down or overwhelmed. Here's part one of my adoptee triggers ABC!