by Julie McGue | Nov 21, 2018 | That Girl This Life
November Is: NaNoWriMo and National Life Writing Month Julie McGue Author For those of you not active in the writing world, you may not be aware of two month long events transpiring around you. November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo,...
by Julie McGue | Nov 14, 2018 | Touched By Adoption
Conversation With An Adoptive Parent Julie McGue Author This interviewee requested that a pseudonym be used to protect her identity and some of her identifying information was altered for privacy reasons. JM: Why did you choose adoption? Jeanne: I was having...
by Julie McGue | Nov 7, 2018 | Touched By Adoption
Two Things That Bother Adoptees Julie McGue Author There’s no avoiding a visit to the doctor. Well-being checks, immunizations, and sick calls are a necessity for staying healthy. If you’re like me, you dread heading to the clinic. Flipping through dead...
by Julie McGue | Nov 7, 2018 | That Girl This Life
The Didn’t Do List Julie McGue Author I am a list maker. When it comes to crafting to-do lists, I’m a perpetual creator of lists. In a previous post I confessed that I might be somewhere on the OCD spectrum (see That Girl This Life blog on 7/17: “Do Not Roll”),...
by Julie McGue | Oct 31, 2018 | Touched By Adoption
The Thing About Memory Julie McGue Author Memory, its effectiveness and pitfalls, has been in the national news cycle these past weeks. The reliability of recall has been called into doubt in a very public manner. A victim’s perspective was pitted against the...
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