What Is Late Discovery Adoption?

What Is Late Discovery Adoption?

What Is Late Discovery Adoption? Julie McGue Author   Ever heard of ‘late discovery adoption’ or LDA? It’s a term that describes an unfortunate scenario: adoptive parents keep their child’s adoption a secret from them. The adoptee discovers later in their life...
Do You Believe Most People Are Good?

Do You Believe Most People Are Good?

Do You Believe Most People Are Good? Julie McGue Author   As I make my way home on a dark and empty four-lane highway, Luke Bryan’s smash hit, Most People Are Good, drifts around the empty seats of my Tahoe.  This popular song is one I know well enough to hum...
How Do You Honor The Dad You Never Met?

How Do You Honor The Dad You Never Met?

How Do You Honor The Dad You Never Met? Julie McGue Author   I could use some advice. We’re coming up on the one-year anniversary of my father’s death and I’m uncertain about how to honor it. You see, my father was a mystery to me.  It’s not that I didn’t...
Why Does My Birthday Make Me Sad

Why Does My Birthday Make Me Sad

Why Does My Birthday Make Me Sad Julie McGue Author   For a lot of folks, birthdays are complicated. Over the course of my sixty years of life, celebrating my birthday has run the spectrum from joyous to tentative to dread and back to being a special occasion. As...

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