217 - Do I Just Let It Go?
Barbara who called me from Grand Rapids, Michigan, grew up an emotional child adopted by two refugees of war. When she found her birth mother, Barbara felt an immediate connection, struggled to get an...
11 Nov 20231h 19min
216 - The Long Shot
John, from Southern California, learned at 10 years old he was adopted. But he didn't do anything with the information for four decades while he lived a dream playing the game of basketball as a colle...
4 Nov 202348min
215 - Taking My Power Back Was Incredible
Becky, from Sydney, Ohio, said she has always searched for someone who resembled herself. When she found her birth mother, she was wounded by the woman's fear reaction to having been found after two d...
28 Okt 202349min
214 - Letting Go Of Old Resentment
Elianna who called me from Santa Cruz, California, said growing up her family moved frequently, which taught her it was easy to uproot and restart. When her adopted brother triggered her search with h...
14 Okt 20231h 7min
213 - Why Lie About A Human Being?
Linda, who called me from St. Petersburg, Florida, said that when her adoptive mother found herself single parenting her two daughters, they moved to the south where her family shunned the children fo...
7 Okt 20231h 9min
212 - Forbidden Roots
Fred called me from outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, near lake Michigan. Fred grew up an only child loved and supported by his parents, but sometimes feeling out of place and misdirected by them when he ...
30 Sep 202352min
211 - The Gift He Gave Me
Kamina called me from Dubai, but she grew up in Texas. Kamina said she was always confused about why she didn't look like her adoptive family and no one would ever admit she was adopted. Turmoil betwe...
23 Sep 20231h 12min
210 - Not Begging, Just Moving On
Trish from Arlington, Texas had open access to her adoption records which provided the information she needed to find her birth mother. But just because she was found didn't mean the woman wanted to t...
16 Sep 202355min
