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2012

m.d.y : The Pervasive Belief That All Who Relinquish Were Going to Harm Their Child
m.d.y : A Small Moment
m.d.y : Thoughts on Birthmother’s Day 2012
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #38: What I Want to Say to You on Mother’s Day
m.d.y : Oh Yes, It’s Mother’s Day Week
m.d.y : A Word About My Peace
m.d.y : Please Support a Birth Father Who Wasn’t Allowed to Be Involved
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #37: After a Visit
m.d.y : The Passage of Time
m.d.y : 16 & Pregnant, Alex and The Myth of “Adoption Is Easier”
m.d.y : When Good Customer Service Makes You Cry
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #36: Agreements
m.d.y : The Internet Is the Power to… Bring the Adoption Community Together
m.d.y : Needed: Gently Used Baby Things for a Young Mom
m.d.y : I’m Curious: Was Your Relinquishment Day Happy?
m.d.y : In Between Moments
m.d.y : At Least THAT’S Over
m.d.y : Zoe Had Her Baby. I Cried. The End. Or Is It?
m.d.y : Being Myself
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable 34: Answering Questions
m.d.y : Helpless
m.d.y : When I Disappear
m.d.y : A Bit of Adoption Wisdom from Harry’s Law
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable 33: What I Learned in 2011

2011

m.d.y : Top Posts of 2011
m.d.y : Announcement: Adoption Reading Challenge 2012 Is Happening!
m.d.y : The Difference Is The Same at Christmas
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable 32: Holiday Memory
m.d.y : “I’m Happy. But I’m Sad Too.”
m.d.y : Time
m.d.y : Thank You, Judy
m.d.y : A Pause for Judy
m.d.y : Photo Books
m.d.y : Room for Grief
m.d.y : Oh, Hey December. Fancy Meeting You Here.
m.d.y : I Understand Quinn
m.d.y : Life Uncommon
m.d.y : Which Is Worse: An Unsubstantiated Rumor or Charging Different Prices for Race?
m.d.y : Your Voice Is Small and Fading
m.d.y : Quiet
m.d.y : Dear @Klout, Here’s What I Was Doing This Weekend
m.d.y : Sibling Band
m.d.y : I Understand
m.d.y : So, There’s This Visit Coming Up
m.d.y : Reluctant Thoughts on This Week’s Parenthood and Glee
m.d.y : Why I Won’t Particpate In Your Adoption Awareness (Insert Event Here)
m.d.y : Why I’m Not NaBloPoMo-ing Here
m.d.y : Snickers and Pregnancy
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #31: A Scare and a Deep Fear
m.d.y : Thoughts on Adoption and Writing: The End Result
m.d.y : Joel Saves the Day on Parenthood
m.d.y : Ohio Birthparent Group Celebrates One Year
m.d.y : Close to My Heart
m.d.y : Sometimes I Just Want to Be Jenna
m.d.y : When Latte Girl Told Julia She Could Have Her Baby
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #30: The First Time
m.d.y : Why Christians Need to Be Aware of How They Speak About Birth Parents
m.d.y : With a Week Off from Adoption Issues, Let’s Talk Last Week’s Glee
m.d.y : Searching for a New Therapist
m.d.y : The Message He Sends
m.d.y : Things That Are Not Okay: Spam-Soliciting the Internet for Expectant Mothers
m.d.y : The Latte Girl Told Us Why She Said No — And My Head Exploded
m.d.y : Why I Have Hope for Season 3 of Glee
m.d.y : Why The Latte Girl Said No
m.d.y : Facebook Privacy Changes and Adoption
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #20: Open Mic
m.d.y : Thanks, Pittsburgh!
m.d.y : The New Season of Parenthood and That Pesky Adoption Storyline
m.d.y : Adoption Film Festival in Pittsburgh This Weekend
m.d.y : I Haven’t Talked to His Teacher
m.d.y : Gender Equality: My View as a Birth Mother
m.d.y : One Little Girl
m.d.y : Let It Go
m.d.y : Say Goodbye
m.d.y : We All Have Our Own Issues
m.d.y : Allowing Him to Tell in His Own Time
m.d.y : Adoption and School from the Birth Family’s Side of the Story
m.d.y : Making Steps in Understanding Postpartum Depression Gives Me Hope
m.d.y : Sharing His Life Without Fear
m.d.y : Slow Down, Horses
m.d.y : Laugh or Die: This BS Makes Us Stronger
m.d.y : How Hallmark Made My Day at BlogHer ’11
m.d.y : I’m Still Not Good at Saying, “Hi, I’m Jenna and I’m a Birth Mother”
m.d.y : Other Girls
m.d.y : Early Morning Camp Conversations
m.d.y : Why Dr. Drew Can Take a Long Walk Off a Short Pier
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #28: The One Where I Get Kinda Miffed
m.d.y : What We Look Like
m.d.y : Things I Will Remember
m.d.y : Voices of the Year & Unicorns
m.d.y : Four
m.d.y : Listen to the Music
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #27: First Meetings
m.d.y : Forget About “What to Wear to BlogHer ’11″ — What Do I Wear On This Visit?
m.d.y : Let’s Just Cool It with the Casey Anthony Adoption Talk, Okay?
m.d.y : Fireworks and Loss
m.d.y : How Do These Things Find Me?
m.d.y : A Little Bit Stronger
m.d.y : I’m Alive and I’m Inspired
m.d.y : Breathing Room — For Now
m.d.y : I’m Finally Talking About Season 2 of Glee
m.d.y : Taking Tech for Granted
m.d.y : My Thoughts on the Upcoming Parenthood Season
m.d.y : It Is Not Acceptable
m.d.y : More Birth Order Thoughts
m.d.y : That Weird Space Between Discretion and Lying
m.d.y : I Am Not the Butt of Your Joke
m.d.y : Quiet Times
m.d.y : New Friend Angst
m.d.y : An Interview and More Thoughts on Book Writing
m.d.y : Mother’s Day Is Finally Mother’s Day
m.d.y : Birthmother’s Day in Cleveland: I Survived
m.d.y : Bad Planning
m.d.y : Goodbyes
m.d.y : Firsts
m.d.y : I’m Not Okay Today
m.d.y : I Failed Him
m.d.y : Normal
m.d.y : Book Review: Jessica Lost – A Story of Birth, Adoption & The Meaning of Motherhood
m.d.y : Technology, Open Adoption and Pure Geekery
m.d.y : Upcoming Visit Anxiety
m.d.y : Birth Certificate Pause
m.d.y : My Children Handle It Better Than Me
m.d.y : What Kind of Mother Gives Up Her Kids?
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #25: Too Much?
m.d.y : I Am Not a Unicorn
m.d.y : Jessica Lost Reminds Me of Memories Lost
m.d.y : Listen to a Birth Mother Panel Radio Show
m.d.y : Sometimes The Hard Stuff Is What You Need to Read
m.d.y : Post-Placement Parenting Conversations Are Better After Much More Coffee
m.d.y : From the Vault
m.d.y : Anonymous Attacks Are Chicken-Poop
m.d.y : Why I Won’t Write for Your Adoption Agency Blog
m.d.y : Loss
m.d.y : Difficult Choices
m.d.y : How Does It Feel to Be a Birth Mom?
m.d.y : We’re Going to Disney World (Eventually)
m.d.y : Lifetime Adoption Conference Call: Bet They Didn’t Expect Me to Be There!
m.d.y : Before You Press Send on that Nasty Comment or Email
m.d.y : Calling All Perfectionists: Read This Book
m.d.y : Request for Ethical Adoption Agencies in Pennsylvania
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #24: TV
m.d.y : The State of the Adoption Reading Challenge
m.d.y : Guilty Until Proven Unworthy To Parent Anyway
m.d.y : What Would You Do? Tackles Transracial Adoption
m.d.y : My Thoughts on Adoptive Families’ Top Blogger Picks
m.d.y : Perfect
m.d.y : I Didn’t Shut Down, but I Wanted To
m.d.y : Subconsciously
m.d.y : Birth Mother Relinquishment Project
m.d.y : Book Review: As Simple as It Seems
m.d.y : Adoptive Families “Top Adoption Blogger”
m.d.y : Things I Won’t Say
m.d.y : Anecdotal Evidence to Warm Your Heart
m.d.y : Book Review: Hanging on to Max
m.d.y : Don’t Mind Me, I’m Just a Birth Woman
m.d.y : This Is Not The End/This Is Not the Beginning
m.d.y : I Quit Oprah
m.d.y : Flickr Induced Grief
m.d.y : Book Review: When the Black Girl Sings
m.d.y : Thoughts on the 90 Pregnant and/or New Moms in Memphis
m.d.y : Book Review: Another Place at the Table
m.d.y : Adoption Titles, Blogging Niches and Not Fitting In
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #22
m.d.y : Questions About Open Adoption
m.d.y : Flying with Geeks and Sextuplets
m.d.y : My Most Popular Posts in 2010
m.d.y : Link Up Your Adoption Reading Challenge Reviews & Books

2010

m.d.y : The First Six Books I’m Reading for the Adoption Reading Challenge 2011
m.d.y : Adoption Reading Challenge 2011
m.d.y : Rosie Talks to Marie Osmond; I Weep
m.d.y : Sing
m.d.y : Redbook Published My Letter, Kind Of
m.d.y : Happy Birthday
m.d.y : Boots: Light My Way, Lift My Head
m.d.y : Where I Am
m.d.y : Shutting Down
m.d.y : Gift Angst and Self-Loathing
m.d.y : Love Versus Missing
m.d.y : December? Please Pass the Wine
m.d.y : Leap & Crash
m.d.y : The Best Parent Teacher Conference I Never Went To
m.d.y : Ignore the Weeper in the Corner; It’s Just Me
m.d.y : Rebuttal Letter
m.d.y : My Own Mommy War
m.d.y : Fear and Failure
m.d.y : Ginormous Eyes
m.d.y : Tired
m.d.y : My Future Grandchildren
m.d.y : Plaid Dresses
m.d.y : My Letter to Redbook
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable: Siblings
m.d.y : Life As We Know It
m.d.y : Redbook Says: Women Don’t Need to Know About Birth Mothers
m.d.y : Christmas Pajamas, Again
m.d.y : Moments, Still
m.d.y : A Shirt for the Adoption Trolls
m.d.y : Overprotective Me
m.d.y : School Year Blues
m.d.y : I’ve Walked That Mile in Those Shoes
m.d.y : Review(ish): A Gate at the Stairs
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #19: Open Adoption Is About…
m.d.y : I’m Reading a Book
m.d.y : Stripes
m.d.y : Hope for Tomorrow
m.d.y : I Told You So
m.d.y : Early Morning Vacation Thoughts
m.d.y : Supporting… Who?
m.d.y : Loaded Questions
m.d.y : The Cradle: A Book I Didn’t Know I Needed to Read
m.d.y : BlogHer ’10: Adoption Overload, but Still Not Enough
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #18: “Professionals”
m.d.y : Driving Into Trees
m.d.y : A New Low for the Adoption Industry
m.d.y : A Day with BigBrother
m.d.y : Here We Are
m.d.y : Why We Aren’t Seeing Desipicable Me
m.d.y : Difficulty
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #17
m.d.y : The Oldests
m.d.y : My Thoughts On Our Visit
m.d.y : Inspiring Is as Inspiring Does
m.d.y : This Was For Them
m.d.y : A Moment
m.d.y : So Happy Together
m.d.y : Yes, Honey, She Will
m.d.y : I Should Pack
m.d.y : Anticipation and Fear
m.d.y : I Told Him
m.d.y : “She Used to Be Yours”
m.d.y : Thoughts on Happiness
m.d.y : Germs
m.d.y : Thoughts on Recent Adoption Announcements
m.d.y : GIMH Carnival: Adoption Poetry
m.d.y : Another Chapter Closed
m.d.y : I Laughed but It’s Not Funny
m.d.y : Radio Interview Thoughts
m.d.y : Turn the Radio Up
m.d.y : Oldest
m.d.y : Calling Birth Mothers
m.d.y : Ah, Mother’s Day. That Explains It.
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #15: Money
m.d.y : Sweeping Generalizations in the Blogosphere
m.d.y : Seven
m.d.y : Adoption, the Army and Bravery
m.d.y : The Nurse’s Words
m.d.y : Hey, Jealousy! Shutup!
m.d.y : The Census and Adoption
m.d.y : Sideswiped by Music at 70mph
m.d.y : More Than Meets the Blog
m.d.y : Facebook Made Me Anxious
m.d.y : I Got Googled
m.d.y : A Word on Grief
m.d.y : Telling, Briefly
m.d.y : Some Thoughts on Sharing, Over-Sharing and The Like
m.d.y : Knowing the Love
m.d.y : Why It’s Not a Memoir
m.d.y : Green
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #12: 2010
m.d.y : Thoughts on Reform

2009

m.d.y : On Writing and Such
m.d.y : Nurturing Relationships or, Rather, The Failure to Do So
m.d.y : Ornamental Reflection
m.d.y : Memories and Reasons
m.d.y : Primal Wound Book Tour
m.d.y : Baking for Birthdays
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable 11: Holidays
m.d.y : Slippery
m.d.y : More Calls, More Love
m.d.y : Birthdays Make Us All Introspective
m.d.y : Phone Rings, Lights Go On
m.d.y : Wherein I Kind of Quote Miley Cyrus
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable: Birthdays
m.d.y : I Knew Everything. I Knew Nothing.
m.d.y : Just as Mad
m.d.y : Flipping Swine Flu
m.d.y : Adoption Carnival III: Pictures of Adoption
m.d.y : Ask and Tell
m.d.y : I Ordered Christmas Pajamas Today
m.d.y : A Vote for Dawn is a Vote for Change
m.d.y : Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day
m.d.y : Truth in Encouragement
m.d.y : Flashes and Intertwined Stories
m.d.y : Silence, Words and Good
m.d.y : Mount Everest and Creativity
m.d.y : Moments and People
m.d.y : What No One Told Me About Adoption
m.d.y : Kindergarten Moments and Bedtime
m.d.y : What to Wear?
m.d.y : Discussions and Memories
m.d.y : Outgrowing My Therapist?
m.d.y : I Can Turn Anything into a Post on Adoption!
m.d.y : Embracing My Curls
m.d.y : Inspiration for Reform
m.d.y : The Woman Upstairs
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #5: Changes
m.d.y : A Prayer for Peace
m.d.y : Encouragement For Me, For You
m.d.y : The Tragedy of Separation and God’s “Plans”
m.d.y : RSVP, Just Me
m.d.y : The If-Only Game
m.d.y : Included
m.d.y : An Apology
m.d.y : Faith Like a …
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #3: Wishlist
m.d.y : Maybe I’m Too Radical?
m.d.y : No Longer Defined by One Title
m.d.y : To Read About Adoption or To Ignore It
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #2: Fathers
m.d.y : Internet Bickering, My Smile and a Lack of Responsibility
m.d.y : Just Like Every Other Family (But with More Awesome Added)
m.d.y : The Thrill of Blogging? Or Writing? Or What?
m.d.y : Open Adoption Roundtable #1: What One Thing
m.d.y : Maybe That’s Where My Peace Came From
m.d.y : A Little Bit … Grumpy
m.d.y : Another Visit Ends
m.d.y : Learning with my Boy(s)
m.d.y : You Can Dress It Up But It Is Still Sleazy
m.d.y : I Held it Together… Until Now
m.d.y : Thoughts on the Adoption Conference
m.d.y : Being Where I Was Meant to Be
m.d.y : You’re Telling Me
m.d.y : Perspective
m.d.y : The Hard Stuff of Open Adoption
m.d.y : Planning Things
m.d.y : Challenges
m.d.y : I’ve Been Quiet, I’ve Been Working on It
m.d.y : You’re Doing it Wrong
m.d.y : When I Sing for Me, I Sing for Her
m.d.y : A Week of Silence
m.d.y : I Need Your Help
m.d.y : Musings on a Visit
m.d.y : Leaving on a Jet… Truck
m.d.y : Emotional Week
m.d.y : A Word on Marketing
m.d.y : Needing Writers
m.d.y : A Warning?
m.d.y : Working Through it All
m.d.y : Let’s See How Far We Go!

2008

m.d.y : Too Much
m.d.y : Smiling & Speechless
m.d.y : Made My Day
m.d.y : Singing on Her Birthday, Expanded Upon
m.d.y : Happy Birthday
m.d.y : Five Years Ago, Almost: Expanded Upon
m.d.y : Birthday Week Blues
m.d.y : Daughter
m.d.y : Breakdown in Limited Too
m.d.y : What An Overwhelming Time of Year
m.d.y : Thanks with No Buts
m.d.y : Birthdays & Individuality
m.d.y : Expanded From My Journal: The Concept of Mine
m.d.y : Right Decision or Not, I Sing
m.d.y : I Want to Help Someone
m.d.y : It’s National Sweeping Generalization Month!
m.d.y : Someone Said Snow
m.d.y : Will This Be the Change We Need? I Dare to Hope.
m.d.y : You Can Tell Me That Race Has Nothing To Do With It
m.d.y : Mysterious Works
m.d.y : He Doesn’t Forget Her
m.d.y : Screw All This Introspective Gender Talk
m.d.y : More Gender Gift Thoughts with Adoption Issues Thrown In
m.d.y : Birthday Time Rolling In
m.d.y : Silence and Friends
m.d.y : Finished Reading Choice
m.d.y : Running
m.d.y : Reading Choice
m.d.y : Newsflash: Life is Hard Work!
m.d.y : Someone Write a Children’s Book
m.d.y : On My Bed, Which One Sets?
m.d.y : Breaking Point
m.d.y : Grief Attaches to Grief
m.d.y : Changes
m.d.y : No One Cares
m.d.y : Boring!
m.d.y : A New Title?
m.d.y : What if the Election Was Being Run on Fathers’ Rights?
m.d.y : Imaginary Friends
m.d.y : Congratulations Are in Order (After a Rant)
m.d.y : Hypotheticals I’d Rather Avoid
m.d.y : Invisibility
m.d.y : It’s Not Your Fault I’m Ignoring You
m.d.y : Sad Versus Sadder Versus Saddest
m.d.y : Trouble Relating
m.d.y : Don’t Tell My Mom: I Like Sweet Tea
m.d.y : What’s Good for the Body is Good for the Soul
m.d.y : Others Triggered by the Phrase “Give Up”
m.d.y : What’s Your Reason
m.d.y : Grumpy on Saturday Night
m.d.y : In Case You Missed It, This is an Adoption Blog
m.d.y : Swaddle Me
m.d.y : About Comments
m.d.y : Buying Things on Vacation
m.d.y : Frustration
m.d.y : Anxious Schmanxious
m.d.y : Questions That Change
m.d.y : Fiercely Protective
m.d.y : Sad, Sad Times
m.d.y : Thoughts on This Month’s Package
m.d.y : Guilt and Shame
m.d.y : Green
m.d.y : Singing
m.d.y : But Why?
m.d.y : Wounded Heart? Got That!
m.d.y : 367
m.d.y : It’s Too Late to Apologize
m.d.y : Ever the Same
m.d.y : Learned
m.d.y : Back in the Saddle Again
m.d.y : I’ve Been Wondering Where the Trolls Have Been
m.d.y : Oh, Canada
m.d.y : But What If Its All Ebb?
m.d.y : Better Off Without You
m.d.y : I Can’t Read my Schedule
m.d.y : Have You Heard This Song?
m.d.y : Therapy, Oh, Therapy
m.d.y : What If It All Means Something
m.d.y : Mailed On Time
m.d.y : I’m Never There
m.d.y : 90210 & Adoption
m.d.y : When Birth Mothers Pit Against One Another
m.d.y : In Dreams
m.d.y : Goodbye!
m.d.y : Revolutionary (or Evolutionary, even) Titleage
m.d.y : Well, At Least She’s Honest
m.d.y : Breakdown
m.d.y : First Mother’s Day and Onward
m.d.y : Amazing. Simply Amazing.
m.d.y : My Pastor Acknowledged That Mother’s Day is Hard
m.d.y : Grumpy is as Grumpy Does
m.d.y : Two-Handed Motherhood
m.d.y : So, Therapy
m.d.y : Paper and Pen
m.d.y : My Wish
m.d.y : I Watched the Stinkin’ Movie
m.d.y : A Ramble of Sorts
m.d.y : Holy Moly. It’s Online!
m.d.y : Same and Different
m.d.y : Having an Okay Day
m.d.y : Update on Redbook
m.d.y : When It All Comes Back to Good
m.d.y : Ew.
m.d.y : Don’t Rush Me
m.d.y : Read It. Weep.
m.d.y : Walking Down the Long Hallway
m.d.y : Babies
m.d.y : The Weight is Heavy
m.d.y : Having a Hard Time
m.d.y : AdoptionBlogs Hiring
m.d.y : Use Your Voice
m.d.y : Easter Morning Loss
m.d.y : Is This Proof of One Thing or a Test of Another?
m.d.y : When Real Life Over Shadows Everything Else
m.d.y : Passing it On
m.d.y : What Do People Think?
m.d.y : Learning
m.d.y : I Will Never Be Silenced
m.d.y : Strange Night
m.d.y : The Moment You Realize Therapy Has Done You Good
m.d.y : *smirk* So True
m.d.y : Oh! Thanks! I Didn’t Know She Was Unwanted!
m.d.y : Now This is a Movie I’d Go See!
m.d.y : Poor Unwanted Babies and Pesky Birth Parent Rights!
m.d.y : Amusing Use of Terms
m.d.y : What Would the Numbers Say?
m.d.y : My Reality
m.d.y : Curiouser and Curiouser
m.d.y : A Public Service Announcement
m.d.y : Juno Director Addresses Some Criticism
m.d.y : Love
m.d.y : It’s a Bit Early But I’m Kind of Busy
m.d.y : Please Read This if You Are a Colorado Constituent
m.d.y : Augh. Go Away, Juno.
m.d.y : Well, That’s Not Cool
m.d.y : A Conversation
m.d.y : Rescheduled
m.d.y : Still Pondering
m.d.y : Gulp.
m.d.y : What Do You Want to Say?
m.d.y : I Don’t Want to Sound Mean… BUT…
m.d.y : This Is Why
m.d.y : Join the Cause
m.d.y : See Me Steaming?
m.d.y : Panic Attack in Aisle 9
m.d.y : Birth Parents: TAKE THIS SURVEY!
m.d.y : Ohio Adoption Record News
m.d.y : Okay. So. Pray.
m.d.y : Please Read and Consider Contributing
m.d.y : Un-Quiet and All Riled Up
m.d.y : Quiet Right Now

2007

m.d.y : Well Then!
m.d.y : Sideswiped by Angels
m.d.y : Ups and Downs in Adoption Talk
m.d.y : Excuse Me While I Get “Extremely Chaotic” Up In This Piece
m.d.y : Four
m.d.y : I Should Be Napping, Possibly Dreaming
m.d.y : HEY! YOU! YES YOU!
m.d.y : A Nap, A Sundae and …
m.d.y : Quickly, Quickly
m.d.y : Some Breastfeeding Thoughts
m.d.y : So Tired
m.d.y : I’d Give Anything
m.d.y : Just a Link Today
m.d.y : A Letter to the Munchkin
m.d.y : The Art of Losing
m.d.y : Children. Pfft.
m.d.y : The Easy Way Out on Thanksgiving
m.d.y : I Keep Expecting
m.d.y : Why Are Some Questions Okay and Not Others?
m.d.y : What Colors? What Colors?
m.d.y : Three? Four? Uh…
m.d.y : My House Smells Like Cake
m.d.y : Some Happenings
m.d.y : I Can’t Live
m.d.y : When You’re Friends
m.d.y : When I Want to Shut Down
m.d.y : Funk
m.d.y : More Panic
m.d.y : Flashbacks
m.d.y : Green-Eyed Much?
m.d.y : Music, Adoption, Felicity and Robin Williams? Okay.
m.d.y : Upgraded this Blog
m.d.y : Please Clear Up Some Confusion
m.d.y : Better versus Different
m.d.y : Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
m.d.y : Go. Watch. See. Feel.
m.d.y : Words for My Only Daughter
m.d.y : Share Yourself
m.d.y : We Brought it Back
m.d.y : I Wish I Would Have
m.d.y : Adoption as ANY Kind of “Out”
m.d.y : She’s My Little Piece Of
m.d.y : Times Like These. And Those. And This One Over Here.
m.d.y : It Really Was a Long December (+NaBloPoMo GO!)
m.d.y : I Think I Have More to Say On This One
m.d.y : Well, Now My Face Is Covered in Snot
m.d.y : A Conversation That Didn’t Suck
m.d.y : But I Know Their Zip Code
m.d.y : My Experience with Denial, Postpartum Depression and Relinquishment
m.d.y : Brief Reminder
m.d.y : Day Seven: Seven Simple/True Things About Me
m.d.y : Day Six: Seven Simple/True Things About Me
m.d.y : Day Five: Seven Simple/True Things About Me
m.d.y : Day Four: Seven Simple/True Things About Me
m.d.y : Day Three: Seven Simple/True Things About Me
m.d.y : Day Two: Seven Simple/True Things About Me
m.d.y : Seven Simple/True Things in Seven Days
m.d.y : Transracial Study
m.d.y : Who Cares About Them Birth Parent People!
m.d.y : Sweaty Palms
m.d.y : I Need Some Witty Comebacks, Please!
m.d.y : Memories and Dreams
m.d.y : So, It’s Not Just the Drivers that Suck
m.d.y : Apparently I’m a Bad Mom
m.d.y : Placement and Attachment Parenting
m.d.y : Bits and Pieces
m.d.y : New First Mom Blog
m.d.y : Mainstream Recognition Forces Lack of Secrecy
m.d.y : Showering
m.d.y : Video of Physical Relinquishment
m.d.y : Well, I’m Sobbing
m.d.y : Your Mom Was Pro-Life! (Or… not.)
m.d.y : Doll Alert! Doll Alert!
m.d.y : Cure All for Frustration
m.d.y : Autumn Arriving
m.d.y : Smell and Memory
m.d.y : There She Grows
m.d.y : Making It
m.d.y : Generic Magnadoodle Love Messages
m.d.y : School Day Blues
m.d.y : I’m Not Good Enough
m.d.y : So, How Are Things?
m.d.y : On Feeling Threatened, Flip Side
m.d.y : Tackling Regret
m.d.y : On Feeling Threatened
m.d.y : Behind on Things
m.d.y : Family is Always Family
m.d.y : Mother Talks About Unplanned Pregnancy
m.d.y : Well, That Solves That One
m.d.y : I Don’t Want to Deal With This
m.d.y : In Need of Writing Pairs
m.d.y : Flip Question: Do First Parents Feel Differently About Their Children?
m.d.y : This Is Sick and Sad
m.d.y : I Can’t Escape
m.d.y : Vacay, Again!
m.d.y : How It Feels to Be Tagged
m.d.y : The First Year
m.d.y : Calling (First) Mothers in Fully Open Adoptions
m.d.y : In Case You Wonder What I’m Reading
m.d.y : Write-Up of Yesterday’s Open Adoption Chat
m.d.y : Anti-Racist Parent Meme
m.d.y : My Spin on the LA Times Article
m.d.y : “The Rest Is Still Unwritten”
m.d.y : Naked Blogging
m.d.y : Bubbling to the Surface
m.d.y : Forgiving Parents: How?
m.d.y : The Family Tree Book
m.d.y : Down and Out?
m.d.y : Share Your Opinions
m.d.y : Still Stinging
m.d.y : The Answer to the Question: We Gave Up A Lot
m.d.y : If I’d Been Smarter or Loved More…
m.d.y : I’m Stirring the Pot
m.d.y : Turn the Radio OFF, Jenna
m.d.y : Less Rights are ALWAYS the Answer
m.d.y : Flubbing Through Another Topic
m.d.y : I Need New Genes… and Jeans
m.d.y : Health News
m.d.y : Commitments and the Like
m.d.y : New Design
m.d.y : A Daughter’s Plea
m.d.y : Chew On This
m.d.y : More Agency Lies
m.d.y : Briefly, Health
m.d.y : Make New Friends
m.d.y : Phone Fun
m.d.y : I’ve Been Reading
m.d.y : Letting Go of the Dream House
m.d.y : A Rose Among a BUNCH of Thorns
m.d.y : On a Lighter Note: More Genetics
m.d.y : OA Support
m.d.y : I’m Just Gonna Say It
m.d.y : When the Truth Hurts
m.d.y : Sign (Another) the Petition
m.d.y : Yes, I’ll Take One Nap and a Bubble Bath To Go
m.d.y : Nature versus Nurture
m.d.y : Pregnancy, a Munchkin and Salami
m.d.y : Visiting with Anxiety
m.d.y : My Seal
m.d.y : Quick Stuff
m.d.y : Some Prayers
m.d.y : Goin’ to the Chapel
m.d.y : More Flippin’ Racism
m.d.y : I’m Talkin’ ‘Bout MY Generation
m.d.y : The Experiences and Needs of Birth Fathers
m.d.y : Can I Tell You Something?
m.d.y : Find Brick Wall, Beat Head
m.d.y : A Few Things
m.d.y : I’m Not Avoiding Adoption
m.d.y : Questions and Questionining and Que
m.d.y : Words Like These
m.d.y : I Cannot
m.d.y : Read This Book
m.d.y : No Warm Fuzzy Feeling
m.d.y : Speak Out, ALWAYS Speak Out
m.d.y : Birthday Girl, Our Hearts Are With You
m.d.y : Blog Blitz
m.d.y : Seriously Though, I’m Beefed
m.d.y : If I Wasn’t Already Nauseous… EW!
m.d.y : It’s Not Easy Being Green
m.d.y : A Book We’re Purchasing
m.d.y : An Article Written Just for Me, Just for Today
m.d.y : Watch, Listen, Vote
m.d.y : Thinky McThinker
m.d.y : Immortal Words
m.d.y : Home
m.d.y : Disco-ing
m.d.y : Score!
m.d.y : The Lies They Were Told
m.d.y : Failures as a Mother
m.d.y : Ouch.
m.d.y : Her Words Catch Me Off Guard
m.d.y : Mixed & Overwhelmed
m.d.y : Language Differences
m.d.y : T-3.someodd Hours
m.d.y : Less Than Two Days
m.d.y : That Solves That Problem
m.d.y : Calling All Real Moms
m.d.y : New Book Review Posted
m.d.y : I Say a Little Pray for You
m.d.y : Crazy Eights
m.d.y : I
m.d.y : Great Post on Open Adoption
m.d.y : TTC, Anxiety and the “Girl Issue”
m.d.y : Good Idea: Travel Journal
m.d.y : Lunch with a Good Friend
m.d.y : Mind Over Matter
m.d.y : I Wanna Dance With You
m.d.y : Call for a Blogger!
m.d.y : This is Denise, my Lesbian Lover
m.d.y : If Your Child Divorces You, Are You Negated?
m.d.y : And the Veil Lifts
m.d.y : I Saw my Daughter Today
m.d.y : Respect? Pffft.
m.d.y : Kellie Pickler Made Me Cry: How Embarassing
m.d.y : Book Review: The Girls
m.d.y : One of my Kids Has Four Parents, Too.
m.d.y : Dear Me 2003
m.d.y : Adoption and Abortion in Japan
m.d.y : SnibSnubbery
m.d.y : Just Like Yours
m.d.y : Our New Home
m.d.y : Blog Has Moved
m.d.y : You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me
m.d.y : You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me
m.d.y : To Sing or Not to Sing
m.d.y : Updated
m.d.y : If I Could, I Would
m.d.y : Study Schmudy
m.d.y : Love…
m.d.y : Love…
m.d.y : It’s Okay to Not Be Ready
m.d.y : It’s Okay to Not Be Ready
m.d.y : Videos from ANLC Spew NOTHING but LIES
m.d.y : Montel Epitomized
m.d.y : Claud on TV Monday
m.d.y : I Just Want to Curl Up Inside of Myself
m.d.y : Music to Obsessively Clean Your Bathroom To
m.d.y : Thinking Aloud Again – Bookless Topics
m.d.y : Let’s Switch Shoes for a Day or Two
m.d.y : Let’s Switch Shoes for a Day or Two
m.d.y : EW! EW! EW!
m.d.y : Unethical Agency? Speak Up!
m.d.y : More Rambling
m.d.y : Why Am I Here?
m.d.y : Dawn of a New Era? HA!
m.d.y : Oh Therapy
m.d.y : Camera-less-ness and Meetings
m.d.y : I Win.
m.d.y : The 2007 Baby Boom
m.d.y : 2007

2006

m.d.y : Feeling Dark
m.d.y : Ah-Choo
m.d.y : Chronicles Year in Review
m.d.y : On Repeat, Mrs. Sarah McLachlan
m.d.y : New Advances in Open Adoption
m.d.y : Yep, Neurotic
m.d.y : Neurosis of the Day
m.d.y : Need Your Help or… SURVEY FUN!
m.d.y : Need Your Help or… SURVEY FUN!
m.d.y : CRAP!
m.d.y : Panic Attacks
m.d.y : Stuff n’Things
m.d.y : Stuff n’Things
m.d.y : Because We All Need Some Heart-Warming
m.d.y : Disney World
m.d.y : I’m Live!
m.d.y : I’m Live!
m.d.y : Big News
m.d.y : Oh No She Didn’t!
m.d.y : Oh No She Didn’t!
m.d.y : Family Pictures Not Taken
m.d.y : My Opinion of Totally Crossing the Line
m.d.y : Another 9/11 Adoption Connection
m.d.y : The Saddest of Tributes
m.d.y : Unsolicited Pregnancy/Child Advice
m.d.y : Guest Blogging & Nostalgia
m.d.y : Nobody Told Me
m.d.y : I Can’t Even Think of a Subject that Doesn’t Contain a Cuss Word
m.d.y : I Can’t Even Think of a Subject that Doesn’t Contain a Cuss Word
m.d.y : My Letter to NBC
m.d.y : The Visit Dreams are Made Of
m.d.y : Protected: An Open Letter, If You Will
m.d.y : An Open Letter, If You Will
m.d.y : Now I’m the Buttface
m.d.y : Now I’m the Buttface
m.d.y : I Need to Vent
m.d.y : False Advertising
m.d.y : Donations Needed
m.d.y : Just Pray
m.d.y : December Will Always Be Long
m.d.y : Loss
m.d.y : Choice
m.d.y : On Writing
m.d.y : Voices in my Heart
m.d.y : Got a Story? Wanna Share?
m.d.y : Aww, The LA Times is Sad. But Still Wrong.
m.d.y : Media Hits Another All Time Low
m.d.y : And Then There are Some…
m.d.y : And Then There are Some…
m.d.y : Bummer of the Summer
m.d.y : Things I Dealt With
m.d.y : Planning Our Memorial
m.d.y : The Sweetest Words
m.d.y : It Sucks When Other Firstmoms Just Don’t Get It
m.d.y : It Sucks When Other Firstmoms Just Don’t Get It
m.d.y : We’re Home
m.d.y : We’re Home
m.d.y : Rose
m.d.y : What’s Up, Doc(s)?
m.d.y : What’s Up, Doc(s)?
m.d.y : The First Rays of Hope
m.d.y : NBC: Thank You
m.d.y : Easy, Eh?
m.d.y : Don’t Blame Yourself
m.d.y : Don’t Blame Yourself
m.d.y : Grieving Process; 201
m.d.y : June 8, 2006
m.d.y : Get a Load of This
m.d.y : “Own”
m.d.y : “Own”
m.d.y : Fears
m.d.y : Ringlets
m.d.y : Is One Called “Paler than Avon’s Lightest Shade of Foundation?”
m.d.y : Naptime
m.d.y : Clarification
m.d.y : I’m Still Mad as Hell
m.d.y : I’m Still Mad as Hell
m.d.y : Adoption Adoption Adoption …
m.d.y : Adoption Adoption Adoption …
m.d.y : From Across the Street
m.d.y : Very Quickly
m.d.y : Note
m.d.y : For Sale
m.d.y : A Letter
m.d.y : 409 Thousand Kinds of Wrong
m.d.y : Firstparent & Adoptee Boundaries; It’s About Respect
m.d.y : Firstparent & Adoptee Boundaries; It’s About Respect
m.d.y : Laughter
m.d.y : Nostalgia for Things that Didn’t Happen
m.d.y : Nostalgia for Things that Didn’t Happen
m.d.y : Statistics Schmatistics
m.d.y : For Those Who Doubt
m.d.y : Lack of Anger
m.d.y : Anger Schmanger
m.d.y : Well That was Awful
m.d.y : Mother’s Day Gifts, Tattoos and Tears
m.d.y : The Advice that Changed my Husband’s Life
m.d.y : The Advice that Changed my Husband’s Life
m.d.y : Some People on the Intraweb Warm my Heart
m.d.y : Things I Want to Ask ANLC
m.d.y : Oh, Munchkin
m.d.y : My Mother’s Day
m.d.y : My Mother’s Day
m.d.y : My Thoughts on Today
m.d.y : Na-Na-Na
m.d.y : Recognition
m.d.y : A Shout Out to Blogging Baby
m.d.y : Shout Out to (Adoptive) Moms in Open Adoption
m.d.y : She Speaks
m.d.y : Speaking Up, Speaking Out
m.d.y : You’re a Jellyfish
m.d.y : You’re a Jellyfish
m.d.y : My Views on Closing Open Adoptions for No “Good” Reason
m.d.y : My Views on Closing Open Adoptions for No “Good” Reason
m.d.y : New Low for Agencies
m.d.y : Birthday Eve
m.d.y : Happy, Happy Birthday
m.d.y : Dreams
m.d.y : Most Convoluted Post EVAR
m.d.y : Tooting my Own Horn
m.d.y : I Just Don’t Like People
m.d.y : I Just Don’t Like People
m.d.y : Only Grace
m.d.y : My House is a Mess
m.d.y : MomReady.com
m.d.y : Therapy Plus Tonight
m.d.y : I’m Gonna Cuss… even use the F word! OH NOES!
m.d.y : I’m Gonna Cuss… even use the F word! OH NOES!
m.d.y : Therapy Gem #1
m.d.y : Today’s Therapy Breakthrough
m.d.y : Today’s Therapy Breakthrough
m.d.y : He’s Sick; But I Love the Snot Out of Him
m.d.y : Motherhood
m.d.y : Heart on my Sleeve
m.d.y : The Difference in Motherhoods
m.d.y : A New Emotion
m.d.y : It Took Awhile. He Came Around.
m.d.y : Oh, the Beauty of it All
m.d.y : M. Oron. Party of 131,017. And Counting!
m.d.y : “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls
m.d.y : “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls
m.d.y : Working
m.d.y : Late Night Dreams
m.d.y : Home
m.d.y : More On One-Sided Stories
m.d.y : Meeting Interwebbers
m.d.y : Lines in the Sand
m.d.y : Reading Old Stuff
m.d.y : Sad
m.d.y : A Poem
m.d.y : Tears
m.d.y : Also and More Over
m.d.y : Incoherent Ramblings on Pretending Birthfamilies Don’t Exist
m.d.y : Incoherent Ramblings on Pretending Birthfamilies Don’t Exist
m.d.y : Deal or No Deal
m.d.y : *yawn, stretch*
m.d.y : Yes, I’m on Drugs
m.d.y : Yes, I’m on Drugs
m.d.y : I Can’t Forget Them
m.d.y : I Can’t Forget Them
m.d.y : Family Dynamics
m.d.y : Grand Aspirations
m.d.y : Unpopular
m.d.y : Homework Assignment #1
m.d.y : The Long Road
m.d.y : When the Munchkin Met BigBrother
m.d.y : Nick Nack Paddy Wack
m.d.y : I Have Homework?
m.d.y : The Big Bad “R” Word
m.d.y : Newsflash: Open Adoption isn’t a Guaranteed Path to Happiness
m.d.y : Back!
m.d.y : Our Own Year
m.d.y : Orange Kittens and Snow
m.d.y : They Say it Better
m.d.y : How I Hate Thee; Let me Count Thy Ways!
m.d.y : I’ll Never Be a Good Mom
m.d.y : Two Children: One Love
m.d.y : I Wore Sandals that Night
m.d.y : From September 2003
m.d.y : O is for Octopus
m.d.y : Let’s Judge People! For FUN!
m.d.y : One Word
m.d.y : Days I Miss Her Most
m.d.y : I Guess it Started Early
m.d.y : Old Words Revisited, 1
m.d.y : Quietly Mothering
m.d.y : Honey! I’m Home!