National Adoption Awareness Month 2022

Hey all. I am Jenni – the writer and adoptee here. And it has been a minute…. or two… it’s been a lot of minutes. Life got busy and I haven’t kept up on this…

Note that all things written are based off of my own personal experience.

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Forever 19

When someone I know dies they’re forever stamped as that age in my mind. Is that normal?I have no idea, but it’s how it’s always been for me. Which is probably why my birth mom…

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An Important Role

Feeling like someone’s greatest mistake & someone’s greatest blessing is partly what has always made Mothers Day heavy for myself. To feel that burden, that pressure & that separation all together is a heavy load.

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Babies and Breaks

Adoptee Blogger.

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Baby Steps

, I had a plethora of these big and small unknown expectations that had built up within me over the years. But let’s be honest how could I not have them within a closed adoption? I spent 26 years imagining what life could look like if I was reunited. That’s a lot of years of what if’s. The problem was… trying to let go of expectations. Have you tried it? Man, it is super hard!

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