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As has happened many times before, I’ve agonized about whether to post anything for Mother’s Day. But since I had to work this morning, and Tom’s on duty this evening, I’m sitting here with a chest full of pent-up frustration and complicated grief. After I relinquished my son, I avoided Read more
This past July, Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz signed the Open Record Law for Adoptees. This spurred me to request a copy of Michael’s original birth certificate, which I was never given. I have been processing my feelings since opening the envelope and seeing his original name beside mine. Here was proof Read more
About three months ago, my website host dropped me and deleted my website. No warning. Poof. Gone. Did I have a backup? I thought I did. Thoughts are not reality, though. Yes, I called and begged and pleaded, and finally, after about a month of denial, I shrugged off the Read more