I own it.
I’m talking ABOUT a woman this week: the woman whose car I plowed into on Friday afternoon. I would have been angry. She asked if I was OK. A study in grace and compassion - all hers.
Courtney Humbaugh Fights For Adoptee Rights
For citizens like Courtney Humbaugh (and me), finding our most basic personal health history means fighting a maze of government laws and regulations. Orphans, foster kids… ANY adult can get their original birth certificates and the DNA history that goes with it no problem. Not adoptees. Now C…
A conversation with my youngest daughter, Colleen
Colleen makes it sound like I forced her to talk to me on tape. Judge me if you must. It’s hardest to listen to the women closest to me in my own family. Especially when what they have to say is, “You don’t listen.” My 28 year old daughter and I talk volleyball , HAIKYU!! (The Japanese anime se…
Jamie Weiss: When Adoptees Become Parents (reprise)
Jamie Weiss was adopted as a child. Now she’s a mother herself. We speak from common personal experience as only adoptees can. Now Jamie and lots of us are asking Georgia lawmakers to treat adopted people the same as foster children, orphans and every other citizen - and give us our original birth …
Diana Merrifield: Healing The Motherless Child
I met Diana at a retreat for adult adoptees who never really worked on healing the inner wound created by losing your mother at birth. That was almost five years ago. WOW! Have we both come a long way. This is wisdom born of pain. Hint: No shame and no blame.
Kenya Templeton’s Gorgeous Voice
I met Kenya in 2016 when we were in a play together at Spirit Square and a presidential candidate who shall not be named was campaigning in the next theater . Secret Service. Security. Crazy times. Kenya Templeton has a GORGEOUS singing voice. A clip from this podcast was featured on WBUR’s HERE …
Dr. Octavia Cannon’s Thousands Of Babies
Dr. Octavia Cannon is kind. She’s been personally kind to me. And she’s kind to the women she treats. Unfailingly kind. Just listen.
Mary Hopper Didn’t Leave The GOP; It Abandoned Her
More than 50 years ago, Mary Hopper needed a safe abortion. She found it in Mexico. She was a Republican… until the Equal Rights Amendment and the Reagan Right ignored women like her. She never went back. Could the US Supreme Court beholden to you-know-who sink GOP? A Reprise of our conversat…
Wendy Hickey: “Art Mama” on ArtPop
Wendy Hickey relishes her nickname as “Art Mama” by lots of artists who have benefited from Wendy’s tireless support for local art! But you might not know how Wendy was a bit of a teen rebel who left home at 16. Relax! It all turns out well. Wendy combined her years of experience in billboard …
How Kim Alexander Found Purpose and Fell In Love With Life
Kim Alexander grew up in New Orleans, assaulted by her own father and grandfather. She turned her own life around after Hurricane Katrina and now works with boys and young men to show them a more hopeful future. Now Kim runs Our Daily Bread Foundation teaching young men to bake bread as an alte…