I’ve Been Published!
Late last summer a friend called me asking if he could make an introduction on my behalf. He is someone who has been so wonderfully supportive of my journey since…
Systems of Fear
I recently read an article about a 59-year-old Australian man who, like millions of others including myself, recently took an Ancestry DNA test hoping to better understand his genealogy. Fascinated…
Got Growth?
A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a former colleague and friend, Brett. Over salads we chatted about life, our children, and how things were going at our…
The Adoption Battlefield
This may sound crazy but adoption might be like a battlefield, metaphorically speaking. Actually, I should be more specific. When I look around my growing network of adoptees, I feel as if…
Existential Quest
I am not a philosopher, nor am I a psychiatrist or even a psychologist. I am not a shaman or the Dalai Llama. But I am human. And I do…
Not a Death Sentence
First of all, I need to share these important facts. Heart disease is the #1 killer in the United States claiming one out of four deaths. But for women this…
No, It’s Not Binary
Just because an adoptee has decided to find their biological family does not mean that they are going to choose them over their adoptive ones. It is not necessarily an…
Enough
The further I wade into adoption land as a self-proclaimed adoptee advocate, the more I see pain, loneliness, frustration. Adoptees from closed adoptions are struggling. There’s a never ending sense…
Adrian Jones 