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Charity: Sometimes it takes Loss to be Found
Episode 14
Charity Elliott was born in 1969 and after spending 3.5 months in foster care was placed for adoption with the State of California. Growing up in Mi…
3 years, 7 months ago
Jim: When Trauma Leads to Love
Episode 13
Jim Serrano's origins as a domestic adoptee started on January 22nd, 1962 in San Jose, California. Being adopted at 6 months of age, his journey has …
3 years, 7 months ago
Emily: Putting the Pieces of Life Back Together
Episode 12
Emily Sinagra was born and relinquished, in 1958, at a Salvation Army Hospital for Unwed Mothers. After four months of foster care, she was placed in…
3 years, 7 months ago
Adam: When Pain Becomes Growth
Episode 11
Adam Anthony is a same-race, black adoptee and blogger on the platform "Onward & Upward," which explores his motivation for persona development, ment…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ruth: A Mother Searches for a Mother
Episode 10
Ruth Bendig is a “Baby Scoop Era” domestic adoptee. The oldest of her adoptive
parents' three children, she and her brothers were all relinquished as …
3 years, 8 months ago
Garth: A Midlife Discovery Exposes the Truth of Self
Episode 9
Given up at birth, placed in foster care, then adopted by a military family, Garth Garrett grew up always knowing he was adopted. He thought being ad…
3 years, 8 months ago
From Happiness to Despair and Back Again
Episode 8
Daphne Keys is a BSE adoptee born and raised in Maryland as the middle child between two brothers who are the biological children of her adoptive par…
3 years, 8 months ago
From Only Child to a Community
Episode 7
Jon Stautzenberger is a pastor in the Texas hill country. He grew up an only child from a small family in a closed, private adoption always knowing t…
3 years, 9 months ago
What Happened When the Fog Lifted
Episode 6
Amy Hansen is a domestic adoptee, and was born in 1969. She was placed for adoption at birth. Amy grew up in a loving family and was well cared for.…
3 years, 9 months ago
When a Seeker Turns into a Guide
Episode 5
Daryn Watson is a Canadian-born Domestic Adult Adoptee who began his adoption reunion journey in 1995 after locating his maternal family in Canada. D…
3 years, 10 months ago