Sunday reading day

I have always wanted to adopt. I always knew that it was, in a way, beautiful. Once my husband and I were married and decided to start a family, it became clear that it would not come easily. After two years of trying the old fashion way, we were happy to pursue adoption. As it turned out, that was the exact time that we actually became pregnant.

Anyway, I bought the above book along with many others once we had made the decision to adopt. I only picked it up this week to sell online. Since I have started this memoir journey I decided to open it. Maybe I don't know as much as I thought about adoptees. Besides, I have only met a few. While reading this book, I can not believe how much of it relates to me and my feelings growing up. How validating it is to know you are NOT suffering from horrible mental illness that no one understands... They are all normal adoptee feelings.


I wish I had read this book when I was about 12 years old! It would have saved me years of shame and confusion.

I recommend this read to anyone especially counselors, social workers, adopters and adoptees!!!!!!







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Crazy cakes

Am I crazy? Crazy that I think that I can do this? Write well and get people to read it and like it? I have nightmares about getting 1 star on reviews.

Those thoughts are going to ruin me. They will ruin this entire process. I will think not think of stars or reviews. Just think write with abandon. Write with abandon



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With abandon

It is hard to concentrate with a 3 yr old home with you all day. I find myself writing and then taking a break to read some memoir books. It is exhausting. Maybe that is why I am procrastinating and I continue to lay here in the bed with Pirate Pup.

The other day at the library, when I went to get some 'how to write a memoir' books, I met a kind older lady. She overheard me talking with the info desk. She wanted to know if I was writing a memoir. I couldn't believe I had a hard time saying yes. But I did, I did say, "yes, well at least I am going to try". She was also thinking about writing a memoir. We got each others info and I really hope she emails me! Maybe I will email her. I feel like I have no idea what I am doing.

But I am having fun doing it.

I told a friend yesterday that I had started to write on my own. She instantly knew what I was talking about. She was a friend, who last year, told me that she would help write my memoir and then couldn't . She told me to "write with abandon" I had no idea what she was talking about. (I know, right? I am trying to write a memoir and I don't even know what abandon means- laughable).

But I looked it up and it said that "writing with abandon was writing with your heart". This is exactly what I am doing. I suck at spelling and grammar and I don't have a wonderful vocabulary, but darn-it, I can write from my heart.




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