Every succeeding generation has the opportunity to heal the wounds of the past. Laurence Overmire, A Revolutionary American Family And now there are many. Tired, a little overwhelmed, and profoundly grateful, I’m still trying to sort it all out in my mind this morning. She, who once had no family, now has much family and,…
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 – A Cousin Reunion, A Return to the Land
When you know the truth of the past that has been lost in the fog of time . . . you become more solid and real. Linda Joy Myers, Song of the Plains: A Memoir of Family, Sectets, and Silence We’re driving across the prairie on another short leg of our LLF vacation, and cross…
Monday, June 18, 2018 – A Sister Reunion
I knew that if I could weave new fabric into the tapestry of my family, fill in what was missing, I could find redemption in a story that had so much heartache. Linda Joy Myers, Song of the Plains: A Memoir of Family, Secrets, and Silence “I’m nervous.” I’m freshening up at the mirror, fixing…
Sunday, June 17, 2018 – The LLF Vacation
Adoptees must weave a new self-narrative out of the fragments of what was, what might have been, and what is. Betty Jean Lifton The early morning sun squeezes in through the sides of the blind on the bedroom window. On schedule, after a sweet thunder-storm late yesterday afternoon that brought hubby and granddaughter in from…
Friday, May 18, 2018 – Five Minute Friday – Secret
Believe me, every man has his secret sorrows, which the world knows not; and oftimes we call a man cold when he is only sad. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Again, I’m joining in with a group of writers for Five Minute Friday where we’re given a prompt (this week it’s secret) and write for five minutes…