“I originally feared she might be dead, which felt like a sealed book that I would never be able to read. To have a birth mother die before getting any closure or answers seemed like it would be a cruel… — Janet Louise Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Listening to Eddy describe his relationship with our mom seemed to indicate that what I feared would be my reality. He never talked poorly about our mother, but he was as honest and sincere as he could be. In a… — Janet Louise Stephenson Copy Share
“I originally feared she might be dead, which felt like a sealed book that I would never be able to read. To have a… — Janet Louise Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Listening to Eddy describe his relationship with our mom seemed to indicate that what I feared would be my reality. He never talked poorly about our mother, but he was as honest and sincere as he could be. In a way, he was almost defensive of her to us – trying to help us understand what life had been like… — Janet Louise Stephenson Copy Share
“There are times in every person’s life when they feel lonely, isolated, like maybe they don’t belong. For adoptees, this is often exacerbated by… — Janet Louise Stephenson Copy Share Image
“I understood that it was time to quit postponing the embracing of my own potential. There was nothing more I needed to do to… — Janet Louise Stephenson Copy Share Image
