Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author’s Notes

 

Acknowledgements

 

Part One: Articles

 

 

Affirmations and Why They Work

Antidote to Depression

Coercion and the Single Mother

Conflict of Two Moms

Fear of Abandonment

Fear of Mommy Love

Finding a Grave

Fitting In

Get Over It

Good Grief:  Making Sense Out of Suffering

Her Absence Filled My World

How to Love Your Inner Child

Must I be Grateful?

Preparation List for Adoptees Who Are Searching

Preparation List for Mothers Who Are Searching

PTSD  

Routine for Daily Inner Child Work

Snippets

Special Chosen and Lucky

Terror is Not Negotiable!

The Respect We Need and Deserve

The ‘R’ Word

Who’s in Charge

Why Are We All Not Schizophrenic?

Why Don’t They Want To Listen to Us?

In the Company of Eagles

(Yes, this last one is out of order on purpose)

 

Part Two: Appendices

 

Appendix A:  Headaches and Acupressure

Appendix B:  The Invitation

Appendix C:  Reunion Guidelines

Appendix D:  Important Information re: Search

Appendix E:  Quotable Quotes

Appendix F:  Recommended Readings

 

Part Three: Voices from Exile
 © 2003 Joss Shawyer, reproduced with permission of the author.

Death by Adoption

Touched by Adoption, with a Blowtorch

When God Stuffs Up

When Infertility Goes Shopping

Nature vs. Nurture – The Mystery Gene

The Perpetrators of Adoption Crime

‘Choosing Adoption’ - Adoption Choice is a Feminist Issue

 

The Blessing of Guadalupe

 

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