Hi there and thank you for visiting my blog.

Over the last couple of years I started coming out of the fog and realized the wound that has been with me since birth and has affected many, if not all of my relationships, somehow or another. Writing about my adoption trauma has helped me resolve a lot, I still have things I am working on, a work in progress as they say. I have written for years in journals and thought that maybe I could help others feel not so alone by sharing my writings. What I have found is that it is easier to stay stuck than to move forward. It’s work to pull my feet out of the mud. It has been a slow process for me to move ahead but I am doing it as I want to be better and not live in the wallowing, I want to heal the grief I feel. I can acknowledge the past, grieve and purge it. Holding it in does not promote growth for me.

I am set in my ways, I like things my way, I am a little hardheaded and have a hard time letting others take control. I like attention but when I get it its not a comfortable place for me. I am loving, kind and can tend to give too much. I am funny, but often I am misunderstood, I feel. I am a sucker for a sunset, sunrises too, but I like to sleep in more. I like to eat good food, particularly pizza and cookies, this always has me trying to drop a few pounds. I had had breast cancer in 2006 and it is always a concern I will get it again. While it was a very challenging time for my family and I, I have resolved myself that I could go through it again if I had to. This attitude helps me manage my worry for future diagnosis.

I have been on the podcast Adoptees On, episode 144. Doing the podcast was out of my comfort zone but with the support of friends I did it and am proud of it. Haley was so good at making me comfortable and she was so easy to talk to. You can hear more of my story there, as well as many other people and their stories.

I am an avid women’s basketball fan and have season tickets to the Seattle Storm.

I am married, my wife and I have been together for 20 + years, kudos to her as its not easy living with an adoptee. Together we have 4 children and 5 grandchildren.

I started this blog to share my feelings and maybe help others. Here you will find my personal stories and thoughts and hopefully, down the road, a guest blog post or two.

Adoptees have many similarities in their stories and yet every one is different. I hope you find some value and comfort in my writings.

-Karri