I attended a workshop in Richmond, BC recently, put on the by the Forget Me Not Family Society called Good Grief. I suppose I should have realized there would be members of the adoption constellation in attendance other than adoptees but I was surprised that first night when I learned there were birth mothers, and even…
Month: October 2011
I Fell in Love!
I fell in love a few weeks ago. It was impossible not to. Gerry and I toured a new housing development in our area. We were pleased so see construction starting some number of months ago. For the past four years the area where the new houses are has been like a ghost town of…
My Writing Life – Weekend Wrap
I started writing a long and serious post about the ever-changing publishing landscape. It’s enough to make your head swim and I decided I didn’t want to do that to you all on this beautiful Sunday afternoon, so I decided just to tell you what I’ve been up to this weekend on the writing front…
Music Hath Charms….
On Wednesdays I go to yoga after work. I’ve come to appreciate this time and the way it transitions me from my work day to my evening at home. I come home a more relaxed and happy woman on Wednesdays. My husband asked me a few weeks ago if I could go more than once…
Arms of Adoption – Good Grief
I’m heading up to Canada tomorrow to attend an adoption workshop sponsored by the Forget Me Not Family Society. The workshop will be presented by Joe Soll, author of Adoption Healing…a path to recovery. I read Adoption Healing over the summer. Soll, an adoptee himself, describes the trauma an adopted infant, child, adolescent and adult…