The Power of Words

The Power of Words

by | Jul 31, 2019 | Touched By Adoption

The Power of Words Julie McGue Author   The Saturday morning before the 4th of July, I was doing what most folks I know were doing: poking around in the garden, meandering on walking trails and bike paths, and parked on the lakefront relishing in the longed-for...
Transition Writing

Transition Writing

by | Jul 24, 2019 | That Girl This Life

Transition Writing Julie McGue Author   Five minutes into the writing class, the teacher announced an assignment: transition writing. My brain froze. Several thoughts surfaced, blinked and glared like hazard lights during a driving rainstorm. I considered only...
Adoptees Weigh In On The Abortion Dialogue

Adoptees Weigh In On The Abortion Dialogue

by | Jul 17, 2019 | Touched By Adoption

Adoptees Weigh In On The Abortion Dialogue Julie McGue Author   This early June pollen count has made being outdoors so hostile that I’m in self-exile, warming a chair in an air controlled office, reading articles I’d normally skim.  The new Alabama abortion law...
The One Thing

The One Thing

by | Jul 10, 2019 | That Girl This Life

The One Thing Julie McGue Author   The interstate linking my lake life in NW Indiana to the culture I crave in the big city is not sympathetic to tentative, inexperienced drivers. Winter ushers in black ice and white out conditions while summer construction...
Rejection Goes Both Ways

Rejection Goes Both Ways

by | Jul 3, 2019 | Touched By Adoption

Rejection Goes Both Ways Julie McGue Author   Rejection is at the absolute core of adoption.  So often we read about adoptees navigating the rejection or dismissal of a birth parent they have worked hard to find. In this repost from the Family Section at The...

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