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070 – I Don’t Think She Can Move Forward From The Pain
Season 3 Episode 70
Kyle tells the story of growing up, towering over his mother and sister and looking very different from them, but being loved. Locating his birth mot…
1 year, 1 month ago
250 - In Search of a Salve: Memoir of a Sex Addict
Season 15 Episode 250
Katherin called me from Atlanta, Georgia. She grew up in a challenging environment with an adoptive mother on dialysis, an adoptive father who diseng…
1 year, 1 month ago
249 -It Is So Good That This Is Real
Season 15 Episode 249
Amy shared her story with me from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She learned about her adoption before her teen years—a revelation that left her in shock bu…
1 year, 1 month ago
248 - I Always Had a Hole in My Heart
Season 15 Episode 248
Virginia spoke to me from New York. When she was young, her single mother struggled to raise her and her two younger brothers, battling addiction and…
1 year, 1 month ago
247 - Devastated My Granny Endured What She Did
Season 15 Episode 247
Bobbi, who lives in Montgomery County, Maryland, reached out as an ally to the adoptee community. After we chatted, she realized something important …
1 year, 2 months ago
246 - Everyone Is Doing The Best They Can With The Skills They Have
Season 15 Episode 246
Jean, from Boulder City, Nevada, shared that her raising parents had their flaws, from addiction to enablement, but she knows they loved her and they…
1 year, 2 months ago
245 - Anybody Alive Is Off Limits
Season 15 Episode 245
Curt, from in Las Vegas, Nevada, felt like something was off in his family when he was a kid, so he he set out to find his own way. As an adult, Curt…
1 year, 2 months ago
244 - Love is Meant to Multiply
Season 15 Episode 244
Patrice, from Northern Virginia, said that in her house adoption was never discussed when she was a kid. So her curiosity led to a secret search as a…
1 year, 2 months ago
243 - Out of the Turtle Shell
Season 15 Episode 243
Sharon, from Springfield, Missouri, grew up in a small town as part of a large family. After leaving home, she became pregnant and was abandoned by t…
1 year, 2 months ago
241 - Abandoned at Birth: Searching for the Arms that Once Held Me
Season 15 Episode 241
Janet spoke to me from her home in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She grew up with an adoptive mother who presented to the outside community as a saint wh…
1 year, 3 months ago