I am apparently on a roll here. A blog roll, so to speak. I found out about this important piece, "I Am a Birthmother: On Judgment and Choice" on a birth mother's blog: Birthmother; Reprise.

"I Am A Birthmother" is by Poor Statue. Her blog is here.

"I Am a Birthmother: On Judgment and Choice" is really heartbreaking. I was struck when I read it how the issues we face in adoption and birth and infertility and what makes... more

Wow! I have found a wonderful blog by a very insightful, intelligent and sensitive adoptee: Every Scar is A Bridge.

If you are adopting you need to read this blog. This young woman says so clearly what needs to be said about the damage of keeping secrets:

I am trying hard to see things from the adoptive parents' perspective. I won't lie, though, it's nearly impossible for me to understand them, much in the same way that they will never really be able to understand what its... more

People who blog really put themselves out there, don't they! It's astonishing to me how individuals all over the world are putting their private thoughts out there for all to see. I'm also grateful for it...otherwise I don't think I'd actually "get" concepts that we sometimes discuss on this site. It kind of makes me think of calculus class. I didn't "get" anything in calculus until one day in biology we were talking about the exponential growth of fruit flies and then - bam! - I got that one little math concept that I hadn't gotten when my cute math tutor had... more