Show your support for ‘Giving Up Marty’ a new play about adoption and reunion by UK adoptee Karen Bartholomew
Improving adoptee wellbeing by sharing experiences, hosting meet-ups and campaigning for more support!
“How did your adoptive parents feel about it?” And other annoying questions about reunion
I grew up with articles like this, packed with not-so-subtle shaming of adoptees.
An open letter to Long Lost Family from an adoptee
What Long Lost Family doesn’t tell us about adoption search and reunion - and beyond.
Where I find support and solace as an adult adoptee
Where I get the extra support I need for adoption-related angst, aka the fluffy stuff like yoga, meditation and self-care podcasts.
Do you have a family tree you could share?
The question I dread as an adoptee recently new to Ancestry.
A letter to... my little sister who has been missing for a year
My piece about my little sister published anonymously in the Guardian, Christmas 2015
Claiming space as an adoptee
Sometimes I just want to run riot. Tag a few bios on Facebook! Knock on my grandparents’ door! Change my name! But am I “allowed”?’
9 things I would give my sister for Christmas
Her own name, her own room and some goddamn support with attachment and adoption trauma.
What is life story work and why does it matter?
Guest blog on identity, the “trove” project, and why it’s important for adoptees and care experienced children to keep mementos and memories safe…
A letter to my friends having IVF
Please, please forgive me if I cheer you on from a distance…
Dear dearest adoption, a backward impossible paradox
“…the weights are tipped I’m sad to say and hopeful love and best intentions are often drowned.”
Heard the one about social services taking your children into care?
Have you noticed it’s trendy to joke about your children being taken away?
Dear grandmother, from your secret granddaughter...
A letter to my biological grandmother, who didn’t know she had a granddaughter given up for adoption…
Sophie Willan: highbrow comedy from a care leaver
Can we all be reduced to the label of hero, victim or devil? My thoughts on Sophie’s show…
Sorry these seats are taken: a short reflection on adoption reunion
A short reflection on adoption reunion and how it’s felt since coming out of the fog…
What have you been up to?
How do I explain just how much all this adoption "stuff" has taken over my life in the last year?
Self-care meet-up for adoptees by On Being Adopted - my review
A wonderful experience with a small group of UK adoptees, including healing yoga and a safe space for sharing stories...
YOU – a play about adoption written and directed by adoptees
Review of YOU, the multi-award winning show about adoption, written and directed by adoptees
Friendship, goodbyes & holidays: adoption triggers part two
Even adoptees who have only ever lived with one family can struggle with attachment on a day-to-day basis, or when a big life event occurs...
Adoption reunion top tips
Expect to be overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. And don't forget your camera! Here are my adoption reunion tips...