What Should I Call My Birth Mother?

What Should I Call My Birth Mother?

What Should I Call My Birth Mother? Julie McGue Author If you were to enter reunion with your birth mother would you call her: Mom, Mother, by her first name or something else?  Here is a long answer to that simple query. Before I began searching for my birth mom, she...
Adoption Terms and Language

Adoption Terms and Language

Adoption Terms and Language Julie McGue Author   When I first started thinking about finding my birth mother, I began by perusing the Internet. Even as an adoptee, some of the phrases on the search sites, forums and registries were foreign to me. If you’re just...
Life Vests, Kayaks & Wake Boards

Life Vests, Kayaks & Wake Boards

Life Vests, Kayaks & Wake Boards Julie McGue Author   The sunset-seekers were stationed per usual on the slatted wooden viewing platform at Stop 35, the entrée to the sliver of beach before Indiana becomes Michigan.  There were folks in shorts and T’s,...
Lack of Connectivity Builds Community

Lack of Connectivity Builds Community

Lack of Connectivity Builds Community Julie McGue Author   All morning long the notice, Cannot Send Message: connection to the outgoing server failed, loitered on the screen of my laptop like a bad taste lingers on the back of your tongue. Each time I crafted a...
Birth Mother Adoption Blogs to Follow

Birth Mother Adoption Blogs to Follow

Birth Mother Adoption Blogs to Follow Julie McGue Author   Below are a few hand picked adoptions blogs that focus on the birth mother topic. Musings of the Lame The subtitle for this site, Adoption & Birthmothers: Building Bridges to Adoptions Truths, is...

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