Adoptee / Birth Father Speak at Adoption Knowledge Conference, Austin, Texas, 2012
10 Year Adoptee / Birth Father Reunion Anniversary: A Video Tribute
This is a video my daughter and I made in honor of our 10 year reunion with my birth father, who at 69 years old learned he had a daughter and grand daughter in this world. We all shared ten glorious years together, before his passing on Nov. 3, 2021. Though never given the opportunity […]
Finding My Birth Father
A year ago today, thanks to my birth mother Lina’s search for the truth and the man connected to it (and her sharing that information with me), I learned my birth father’s name is Jerry Knight. I learned one year ago, on this day, that he was alive and very much wanted to meet me. Within a few days I wrote him a letter and took the second step on my adoption journey.
Adoption Reunions: Managing Expectations, Assimilating Birth and Adoptive Families
This past weekend was a big weekend. Jerry my birth father finally met my family. In the last seven months since our reunion, he had met his grand daughter Victoria, my husband and step son, a few of my closest girl friends, even Jack, Victoria’s father, but he had yet to meet a single solitary […]
The Ugly Goat: The Importance of Genetic Mirrors in the Adoptee’s World
What if I see things in that mirror that I don’t like? Where does that leave me? Those were my fears, steeped in a mixture of insecurity and the unknown, driving up that long driveway to meet my birth father.
Adoption Reunion: Why I Celebrate My Conception Day
Through my adoption reunion, I learned that my conception took place along the banks of the San Bernard River in Brazoria, Texas.