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Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:19:16 -0000

Thank you so much for sharing this with me.. and now I am even more dissapointed that we did not get to really talk at #140conf! I had already gotten the " hmm.. I like her" vibe from when you were on the panel.. but I fail miserably at that after panel fawning even if I think it's in my head. Kicking myself now!

Hey..so as an adoptee.. ( and a Twitter celeb lol) do you know about the Adoptee Rights Protest in Philly next month?? #adopteerights ?? Very cool, very important and if you would spread some buzz about it.. that would be way cool!!

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Vintage Mom — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:36:34 -0000

Wow. Simply astounding & moving.
You are more awesome than I thought before!
If your book is anything like this,
I'll be buying multiple copies to give as gifts
Because this is amazing stuff! Stay Strong!

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Tara @ Skippin' Rope — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:18:26 -0000

I hope my little girl knows how much I love her, wanted to keep her. I hope she thinks of me.

I'm so glad you have a relationship with your birthmother. I hope my daughter wants to find me some day like you found your birthmother.

<abbr>This Military Mama’s last blog post..In Pain</abbr>

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ilinap — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:44:42 -0000

Damn, reality is way better than Hollywood. Beautiful story. I read Steenky Bee's story too and choked back tears. Thanks to you both for your candor and wonderful storytelling.

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Shamelessly Sassy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:20:57 -0000

I totally stumbled this. :)

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Jennifer — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:56:07 -0000

Hi--I came over from Jen's blog. Wow! What an amazing story you have. It's great you found your birth mother and that you are now friends.

I think it's so sweet you wrote that letter to MMC!!

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Jim — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:39:28 -0000

I came over from Jen's. Thanks so much for sharing the story. I'm sorry for the years that went by without knowing and and happy that you finally found her.

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Maggie — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:20:20 -0000

you are such an honest, straightforward writer. it's amazing to read such a clear eyed view of your story, and the 'ending' is as about as good as you could hope for.

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Jamie — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:33:01 -0000

Found your post through Steenky Bee and so glad I did. This was a great post. Thank you so much for sharing.

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blissfully caffeinated — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:57:32 -0000

Came over from Steenky Bee.

Wow. Just, wow.

Thanks for sharing your story.

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Sue @ My Party of 6 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:20:14 -0000

Wow. What an amazing post. Simply amazing. I am in tears also. What a fabulous story. And so very eloquent.

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piglet — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:23:48 -0000

what an amazing story, an incredible life story. i'm glad that it worked out that you were able to connect and it's worked out so well with your parents that adopted you.

i used to have a weird fixation on the characters in the show "hart to hart", i think i even created scrapbook about them. i desperately wanted them to be my parents. i was a weird kid. still am i guess.

beautiful post.

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Mary Jenkins — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:16:55 -0000

I had to read over this twice. Such a meaty and thoughtful post. I've had so many adopted friends. All of them grew up in loving homes. A few said the wondering drove them mad. Some said they never wondered. One left his adopted family at 21 and moved in with his birth mom. Once I heard about them being adopted, I could never stop thinking about their biological parents. Mysteries, not knowing, that would drive me mad. Thank you so much for sharing.

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Brenda - SeriouslyMama — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:32:58 -0000

I am on my way to Minneapolis for the weekend and read this outloud to Russ while he is driving. We both said "wow" at the same time. Sending a big virtual hug to my sista from another mista...

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Sarah P. — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:40:24 -0000

Wow, girl... incredible story! How strong you are, and how what a lucky family you have -- to have you in the middle of it.

xo
Sarah

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ThatBrunette — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:25:10 -0000

I know I should post something deep and supportive but...

DUMB STICK!!!! That made me giggle all day.

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rockandrollmama — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:01:02 -0000

Thanks Steenky Jen.:) It makes me so happy to know that kids like yours are growing up with such openness- what it would have meant t call my birthmother when I was growing up...man. I know sometimes finding the boundaries are hard, but I'm so glad that the options are there now. I admire you so much for being such an amazing mom to Henry and Reese.

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Tiffani — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:00:48 -0000

Lovely post. Thanks so much for sharing. It's a beautiful story.

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steenky bee (jenboglass) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:50:45 -0000

I cried even more when I read this again. This is amazing. I know I'm like the billionth person to say amazing, but I'm honored that you reached out and shared it with me last night. Aw, my heart is swelling just thinking about everything you went through and now you're sharing it with us. This was truly inspiring. I'm touched and I know I'll be thinking about this story for a very long time. You have given me such hope.

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rockandrollmama — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:23:48 -0000

Thanks so much, you guys. I haven't thought about that moment in a long time, Issa, but when you say that, I can remember standing in my bedroom with the door closed and a glass of water, heart pounding. One of those "Things will never be the same" moments. It was quite surreal. Now, I can just dial that number any old time, and that's weird too.:) But good weird.

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Issa — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:15:35 -0000

And this is why I blog. To hear amazing stories like this. Thank you for sharing. I can not even imagine how hard it must have been to dial the phone that first time. But I'm glad you did.

Love MCC too.

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Oz — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:05:43 -0000

What an amazing story. Thank you for sharing it so candidly.

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acorndreaming — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:30:27 -0000

So this is what they meant at Blogherdc by "authentic and genuine" posts. Beautiful also. Thanks for sharing.

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maggie, dammit — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:14:29 -0000

Wowwwwwwwww.

This is --

awesome.

I just Stumbled you. Google Shared, too.

xoxo

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Maggie — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:02:28 -0000

Beautiful. Thank you.