Monica Hall
Adopted during infancy, Monica’s childhood is marked by trauma and dysfunction. As a teenager, she dulls her pain with risky behavior and petty crime. In adulthood, she turns to drugs […]
Adoption
Linda & Kyle
Kyle and his birth mother, Linda, share their emotional journey of reunion after Kyle’s adoption. Their video captures their feelings of shock, relief, and happiness at being reunited, as well
Linda Russell
Linda shares about the adoption of her first grandchild. Linda and her family maintained a limited connection with him, permitted to meet once a year in public places until he
Jamie S
Jamie shares her harrowing journey as a birth mother during the Baby Scoop Era, a period following World War II up to the Roe v. Wade decision, when many young
Tom Lux
Tom discusses his wife Candace’s emotional journey surrounding the adoption of her son. Her son reached out at 18, leading to a reunion, but communication dwindled over time, causing distress
Lorraine Dusky
Lorraine is a birthmom and an award-winning journalist, editor and author who prefers to write stories that will make a difference. Her controversial memoir, Birthmark, published in 1979, was the
Diana Hochberg
BRAVE. KIND. PERSISTENT. My name is Diana Kayla Hochberg. I became a widow at thirty-five and a solo mom to my son and stepdaughter. Three years later, I accepted an
Kristina Swenson
I. EXPECT. MORE. There are so many emotions for me being adopted that made this very hard to write, but it was also very therapeutic at the same time. My
Dawn Gable
RESILIENT. EMPATHETIC. CURIOUS. After being in reunion with my birth parents and our extended family for 35+ years, my DNA test knocked a whole branch off the maternal side of
Kathleen Shea Kirstein
RESILIENT. GIVING. LOYAL. Wendy. Kathleen. Janet. It seems I am collecting first names along my journey as a Late Discovery Adoptee (LDA). Wendy was my original name for 43 days.