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2025-2026 Must-Reads: Five Books That Crack Open Family Secrets and Tell Our Truths

Every year, I seek out books that speak our truth loud and proud. I am happy to report that 2025-2026 is delivering five remarkable books jammed full of adoption and DNA surprise truth-telling: Connected: Finding My Truth by Diana Kayla H...


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Kary Mullis: The Man Who Made DNA Testing Possible

Every November, National Adoption Day celebrates families built through adoption. Yet, for many adoptees, this day brings complicated feelings - adoption itself is not always something we feel like celebrating. But I'd like to use this occasion t...


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CUB RETREAT 2025: Liminal Loss & The Beauty of Our Community

I returned to the CUB (Concerned United Birthparents) Retreat for the second time last week. This year it was held in Atlanta, Georgia, on October ...


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11 Adoptee Tips for a Successful Adoption Reunion

As an adoptee, the decision to search for birth parents is deeply personal, and often years in the making. I began my adoption reunion journey at 40, and like many adoptees in reunion, I discovered that each relationship unfolds differently. My birth ...


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“Grief... A Comedy” - AKA an Epic Love Story from Alison Larkin, Go Get It Now One minute I am in bed reading Alison Larkin’s new book “Grief… A Comedy” and the next minute I am on my knees crying, “I can’t lose him, I only just found him.” A...


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