Travis Bradburn
HONESTY. FORGIVENESS. GRATITUDE. What makes you…you? What shapes your identity? There are many answers to this question, but I’m going to focus on one that I think is under-appreciated. In […]
MPE Narrative
Michèle Dawson Haber
INQUISITIVE. DOGGED. IMPASSIONED. I am a step-adoptee. Until three years ago, I never said these words to myself. It’s not that I didn’t know that my stepfather had adopted me,
BK Jackson
CURIOUS. COMMITTED. COLLABORATIVE. When I discovered in 2015 that I was an NPE, I was already no stranger to the experience of having an unknown parent. I’d never known the
Dan Kelley
TEACHER. ACTOR. MUSICIAN. Christmas Eve 2021 will be the fifth anniversary of my mother’s passing. She had been in a few nursing homes over the years losing a battle to
Allison Marie McCabe Hardin
LOYAL. COURAGEOUS. PERSISTENT. On December 24, 2018, my grandson’s first Christmas Eve, I made a discovery that would change my life forever. And then the murders began (#LaidlawsRule). In all
John Moyer
TENACIOUS. LOVING. COMMITTED. MPE is an acronym from the field of psychology that stands for misattributed parentage experience. This occurs due to an undisclosed adoption, conception through assisted reproduction, or when
Brenna Cottongim
GENUINE. COMPASSIONATE. HOPEFUL. The day after Mother’s Day 2018 my 92-year-old mother decided to tell me a secret she had withheld from me my entire 54 years on this planet.
Tamara Brooks
CARING. GIVING. DETERMINED. My mother was married to my dad Joseph for 16 years. During that time, seven children were born. I was number six. I grew up hearing stories
Joni Mantell
OPEN. ADVOCATE. THERAPIST. I am a late discovery donor-conceived person. I found this out at age 60, after raising an adopted daughter (born 1998) in an open adoption; specializing in
Cassandra Adams
MOTHER. ADVOCATE. WRITER. As a mom and someone who dealt with infertility, I truly understand the desire for and joy of having children, and I try to balance that understanding