Finding the pieces - an adoptee's journey to feeling whole
Guest blog from Gilli Bruce about building a sense of self as an adoptee
I am your daughter
Guest blog from fellow adoptee Lara Leon about her search for her birth father in 2019…
Meet Twayna Mayne: comedian, black woman and transracial adoptee
Introducing the host of podcast Loco Parentis and the talent behind Radio 4 series Black Woman.
Play about adoption reunion coming to London this March
I’m looking forward to seeing new play Giving Up Marty - tickets on sale now…
7 reasons I love Anne Heffron
I’ll admit I’m a fangirl and I don’t care! Thank you Anne for challenging us to grow, heal and find our voices…
How I helped my friend Tim find the missing link to his birth mother - at the age of 76
The story behind one adopted man’s quest to find out what became of the woman who gave birth to him, then set sail for Canada in the 1940s…
Children belong with their family of origin. Discuss.
A brief introduction to family preservation
To my biological father’s wife
AdopteesOn podcast made me realise I overlooked you in the reunion ‘honeymoon’…
I asked my mother when she met me
I was in my mid-30s when I plucked up the courage to ask my mum when she first met me…
I am not your shame
Enough is enough. Adoption will not take my dignity. You will not take my dignity.
I was in Grazia magazine talking about being adopted and having post-natal depression
We are only truly alive if we are able to be honest - paraphrased from Anne Heffron
New play seeking funding: "a tribute to adopted people"
Show your support for ‘Giving Up Marty’ a new play about adoption and reunion by UK adoptee Karen Bartholomew
“How did your adoptive parents feel about it?” And other annoying questions about reunion
I grew up with articles like this, packed with not-so-subtle shaming of adoptees.
An open letter to Long Lost Family from an adoptee
What Long Lost Family doesn’t tell us about adoption search and reunion - and beyond.
Where I find support and solace as an adult adoptee
Where I get the extra support I need for adoption-related angst, aka the fluffy stuff like yoga, meditation and self-care podcasts.
Do you have a family tree you could share?
The question I dread as an adoptee recently new to Ancestry.
A letter to... my little sister who has been missing for a year
My piece about my little sister published anonymously in the Guardian, Christmas 2015
Claiming space as an adoptee
Sometimes I just want to run riot. Tag a few bios on Facebook! Knock on my grandparents’ door! Change my name! But am I “allowed”?’
9 things I would give my sister for Christmas
Her own name, her own room and some goddamn support with attachment and adoption trauma.