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Interview with Adoptee Survival Guide Contributor Wendy Barkett | Puzzles and Possibilities

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Interview with Adoptee Survival Guide Contributor Wendy Barkett. Interview with Adoptee Survival Guide Contributor Wendy Barkett. Apr 3, 2015 by. March, 2015 was an eventful month in Ohio for anyone with a connection to adoption. On March 20, Ohio became the ninth state to re-open previously closed adoption files to all adult adoptees. (Two states, Alaska and Kansas, never closed adoption records.). Also in March, a new anthology written exclusively by adoptees,. The Adoptee Survival Guide. Becky: In The...

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Searching for Truth in Las Vegas and Beyond: September 2011

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Searching for Truth in Las Vegas and Beyond. Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Can't stop the signs. Since my latest trip to Las Vegas and the article that ran in the Columbus paper after that, I have had some real struggles. see the news footage and article by clicking here. What would I do? Fun things like get back into taking photos, spending time reading, and driving my mustang down the drag strip. Call it a bucket list, or just call it living life. I was ready to move on. How do I ignore the signs?

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey: Chapter 11: The Story I'm Telling

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey. Monday, August 22, 2016. Chapter 11: The Story I'm Telling. A couple of months ago, a conspicuous email appeared in my work inbox. The subject read: "Seeking Adoptees to Share Their Stories." My heart jumped as it always does when I see something like this. I read on. But I also felt wary. The old jump-to tendency to say "Wow! The truth that I saw all around me in the faces of those I was told were my blood relatives, but who looked nothing li...

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Contributors | The Adoptee Survival Guide

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The Adoptee Survival Guide. Adoptees Share Their Wisdom and Tools. Visit us on Facebook. Chicago, IL Adoptee Rights Demonstration August 2012. Was born in early November of 1982. She was relinquished at birth and spent the first seven months of her life in St. Vincent’s home, an orphanage run by Catholic Social Services in Providence, RI. At seven months, she went to live with the family who would eventually adopt her close to her first birthday. Adoption Law Event, Columbus, Ohio 3-20-15. Writes of her ...

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey: Chapter 8: You Look Just Like Her

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey. Thursday, December 10, 2015. Chapter 8: You Look Just Like Her. I have always had an odd feeling looking at my reflection in a mirror, as if the face looking back has always been someone else, not me. It's strange to notice this phenomenon so late in my life, since to me it has always seemed normal. But it's true. A while ago, I was reading another adoptee's blog, Judith Land's wonderful Adoption Detective. It was a month ago when I stumbled u...

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey: Chapter 10: This Story Has a Beginning - One Year Later

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey. Thursday, May 26, 2016. Chapter 10: This Story Has a Beginning - One Year Later. It’s been just over a year now since I sent away for my original birth certificate, one full year of knowing for certain the truth of my adoption. So one might ask… Do I regret anything? Has knowing the truth been good for me? Am I better off knowing? Or, as some might argue, should I have simply “left the past in the past? On May 11, 2015. 8220;Am I wrong? Writin...

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey: Chapter 9: Blood, Spit, and Tears

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey. Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Chapter 9: Blood, Spit, and Tears. What makes this person I call me? One of the challenges for me of being adopted is the envy I sometimes have for people who can answer this question with certainty and confidence. “I’m proud of who I am,” they say. And there is no question mark. And by the way, If you're in the Cleveland area, you won’t want to miss the experience of Sokolowski's University Inn, a Polish cafeteri...

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey: Chapter 2: Scrapbooks

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey. Monday, July 6, 2015. My father kept a lot of family scrapbooks. Several volumes of these red-bound photo books lined his shelves. My sister and I had a full book for each year of our early lives. After Dad passed away in January of 2014, I boxed up and took home a lot of his memorabilia. My sister Kerry took a lot too. And it wasn't until months later that I happened across them again. November 17, 1972. This moment was the spark that led to ...

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey: Chapter 7: Adoption Awareness

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A Story with No Beginning: A Late Discovery Adoption Journey. Thursday, November 19, 2015. Chapter 7: Adoption Awareness. November being National Adoption Awareness month, I thought I'd pause in my story for a moment, take a breath and let all of this sink in. I must admit the whole idea of a month dedicated to adoption awareness kind of makes me smile, since I have only been aware of my own adoption since May. What am I supposed to learn now that it's November? Whatever it is I'm looking for. Joking asi...