Author: Karen Elizabeth
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Parenting My Way With No Regrets
My youngest child turned sixteen last month. He passed his learner’s permit test and earned the privilege to drive a car with a licensed ... -
Making Peace With My Adopted Self
As an adopted person, I have gone through life feeling that there are pieces of me missing. I have an empty spot, causing me ... -
Do They Know?
Do they know the determination it took to find them? When every door seemed to be closed, I persevered. Everything had been purposely hidden. ... -
Emily Part III
WILLARD IS HOME Willard State Hospital was more than a medical facility. It was home to Emily. She lived there for decades through ... -
Emily Part II
The Willard Asylum The Willard Asylum was once a very large and impressive establishment. The entire facility originally covered over one thousand ... -
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What My Mother Taught Me About Christmas
Christmas is a time that makes me think about my loved ones who have passed, my grandparents, my mother, my father, my aunts, and ... -
The Real Reason I Searched
When searching for my biological family, people asked me, ‘what are you looking for? They wanted to understand what motivated me, but I wasn’t ... -
Two Worlds Meet
Being adopted has given me a feeling of being from two different worlds. I describe it as ‘nature and nurture.’ As I matured into ... -
The Father I Was Meant to Have
‘You look just like your father’, the family doctor would say at every single visit. It would only take seconds before he read something ...
