Lynn Grubb

Kenny Loggins and me in 2011 I really don't know why I've waited so long to blog about Kenny Loggins because he is  my number one favorite musical artist.  And it's not because he is handsome (which he obviously is) and it's not because he wrote and performed Footloose (because he did), it's because of his deep understanding of human emotions. I don't believe Kenny has any connection to adoption; however there are many adoption themes in his music.  Over the years of listening to his music (not to mention the four times I've seen him in concert), I've come to realize that his story is everybody's story and that is what makes him wonderful.  I've always admired Kenny's ability to be honest, and speak his truth, even if the truths weren't popular. One of my dearest friends, placed her daughter for adoption and she said every time she hears Forever by Kenny Loggins, she cries.  I have listened to it and studied the lyrics and I would...

Jenessa Simons I was disheartened today to read comments to an article about Jenessa Simons who was looking for her birth parents in Utah.  It just never ceases to amaze me as to how many myths, opinions and blatant ill-regard for our fellow man, that is present on comment boards on each and every adoption-related article I read. Je nessa was looking for her birth parents and used Facebook to get the word out. ( Article Here) As I was scrolling through the comments, I couldn’t believe what I was reading.  At least half of the comments were positive and supportive of Je nessa but many of them had comments that just leaped off the page for me.    Really?  You are going to chastise this person for searching for what the majority have as their birth right?  Let’s look at some of these comments. BIOLOGICAL PARENTS ARE JUST DNA (NOTHING MORE)  I have heard Dr. Laura on her radio program state this in regards...

My original birth certificate  I woke up this morning thinking about how the state stole my birthright and I felt indignant.   This is not anything new, for those of you who know that I participate in Adoptee Rights; but I have, as of late, been thinking about it in a new way. The state of Illinois, with all its wisdom and power, hid from me for 40 years of my life, my God-given human right to know my mother’s name.  And the state of Illinois got away with this injustice by using faulty laws that violated my due process rights.  What is due process?  A right that every United States citizen has.  Let’s look at some definitions: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, property or of any right granted him by statute, unless matter involved first shall have been adjudicated against him upon trial conducted according to established rules regulating judicial proceedings, and it forbids condemnation without a hearin...