Friday was amazing day for an adoptee and her biological mother. I cannot put into words the intensity and beauty of this re-connection. About ten minutes into the meeting I asked the adoptee how she felt and she said that she experienced an incredible weight being lifted from her and a sense of peace. As […]
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Adoption Reconnection – Finding My Birthmom
What a wonderful way to start a Sunday. I woke up this morning and had an email waiting, for me, from one of my adult adoptee’s. He was curious as to if I knew anything yet. He even made a comment that he already assumed he knew the answer …… Assuming another dead end … […]
How do I find my birth parent, birth sibling or child in Indiana?
Adoption Reconnections, adoption, adoptees, birth parents and siblings ….always seem to be on my mind … I happened to pass the exact place, at the Indianapolis airport, that I was lucky enough to witness two brothers, separated by adoption, lay eyes upon each other for the first time in over 40 years. It brings to mind the […]
Adoption Reconnections and Indiana Adoption History Program
Adoption Reconnections It makes me so happy when I have the opportunity to explain the reconnection process to someone new. Yesterday I had the opportunity to lead a young man to the Indiana Adoption History Program. He informed me that he had tried, for many years, to locate a sibling that he recently had learned […]
Adoption, Adoption Reconnections & Confidential Intermediaries
Working in adoption allows us to help adoptees and birth parents reconnect with each other. It is very rewarding to help these people come together. In fact, Jill Kirsh Freeman, Steve & Joel’s sister, works in the office as a court appointed confidential intermediary. Yesterday, while at court, Jill was introduced as an “expert” on […]