Why are you so angry? Part two
A confession... I wasn’t telling the whole truth in my blog post about angry adoptees…
Alone - a guest blog by transracial adoptee, Debbie Nahid
Honoured to feature a small part of Debbie’s journey, it’s an epic tale from a courageous soul…
What the AdopteesOn podcast has meant to me
In celebration of my interview with AdopteesOn, here are the episodes that had the most impact on me from 2017 to today…
Long Lost Family's response to my open letter
I said the programme was “a source of frustration and bewilderment,” and the producers of the show replied! Here’s what they had to say…
I Grew Up White - guest blog from This Adoptee Life
Amanda Medina talks about growing up in Sweden as a Colombian adoptee…
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.