3/29
Becoming: The session
Read Time: 5 minutes
“What can you tell me about your relationship with your family?” Strange is the first word that comes to mind.... View Article
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Archive for: Adoption Series
3/27
Becoming: First love
Read Time: 4.5 minutes
“You mustn’t play with matches, you know that!” Mom’s lips tighten, eyebrows down, the crease between deepens, and I know... View Article
3/19
Becoming: The check
Read Time: 4 minutes
Heading home from my first day of second grade. The Alder and Maple are turning, but most leaves haven’t fallen.... View Article
3/17
Adoption Series: Everything changed
Read Time: 16 minutes
The demon inside awakens. I’m curled in a ball. I should be running for the hills. Judy’s wildly waving a... View Article
3/16
Becoming: Persona absorbed
Read Time: 6 minutes
It’s Thursday, I’m sixteen. Schools out, and I’m pounding down the hall at speed –– hoping I don’t get nailed... View Article
3/14
Becoming: Mom’s diaries
Read Time: 4.5 minutes
My mother’s thoughts and feelings from the past. The covers are leather. Dark red leather. Green leather. Occasionally, pink leather.... View Article
3/10
Becoming: Lessons in pain
Read Time: 9 minutes
When my emotions run hot, my skills go cold. “Teddy, what’s three times five?” Asked in a voice, I can’t... View Article
4/7
Becoming: Sleeping out
Read Time: 12 minutes
Acting out as a fostered and adopted child was my norm. “The lights are out.” “Teddy! Wake up, wake up.... View Article
3/3
Adoption Series: Ledger
Read Time: 4 minutes
I was fostered at birth and adopted at five months by the Leonhardts. I meant to make him feel bad.... View Article
1/20
Adoption Series: Lonely
Read Time: 3 minutes
Lonely and unable to ask why. A hollow ache filled my chest, an emptiness where belonging should have been.... View Article
