The Invisible Mourner: Saying Goodbye to an Aunt I Never Met
Well…I went. I’m glad I did. I didn’t know if I’d attend Aunt *Jane’s funeral until the last minute. Even then, I sat in the church parking…
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The Questions I Can Never Ask
I recently found a photo of my bio grandmother’s sister, Sadie, on Ancestry. I’d never seen her face before. As I looked at it, I realized some…
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Speaking Different Languages
For me, sometimes it feels like I am living in multiple worlds since my NPE* discovery. How differently I share my DNA discovery truth with people is…
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Inheriting a Stranger
Since I began wearing makeup when I was about 15 years old, I was never the kind of girl who sat in front of the mirror for…
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Defending and Explaining in the Same Breath
The letter I wrote to my new bio sister was brief, simple and sincere. I knew I was the innocent outcome of a decision made by…
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Outing Myself Unexpectedly
People ask me what changed my mind about reaching out to my half siblings to share that I discovered their father was also my father. The…