by Derek Grimm | Jul 13, 2020 | Adoption
In a previous article entitled, Adopted: What’s That Like?, we touched on the topic of adoption fog. We’ve received a robust response regarding this term, so we thought it would be helpful to dive more deeply into it with a dedicated article. What is adoption...
by Derek Grimm | Oct 15, 2019 | Adoption
It’s amazing the kinds of things that can trigger adoptees and birth parents. My latest huge adoption trigger happened while watching the movie Captain Marvel. Yes, seriously. That’s the thing about these triggers, although there are some common ones...
by Derek Grimm | Sep 17, 2019 | Adoption
Is it possible to have a good adoption? It’s a fairly charged question and there are outspoken people on both sides of this. There are many justifiably angry adoptees who suffered terribly in the adoptive families they were placed with, there are justifiably...
by Derek Grimm | Sep 2, 2019 | Adoption
I’m going to try to communicate some of what it’s like to be adopted. My life began with a devastating trauma; on the day I was born, I lost my mother. I don’t consciously remember this, but I lived it and experienced it. I was there and although I...
by Derek Grimm | Jun 29, 2019 | Adoption, Find, Search
DNA, without a doubt, is the single most powerful tool available to those of us who search for biological family. Why? Because there is really no arguing with it. People lie, people hide their past and try to hold on to secrets, but DNA does not lie- it is the great...
by Derek Grimm | May 15, 2019 | Adoption
There are a great many problems with adoption; the nature and practices of adoption as it has been practiced and still is today. One of the most glaring inconsistencies for me is that the act of adoption is always portrayed to be in the best interests of the child,...
