Remembering Adoption Memoirist, Craig Steffen
(To be read at “The Annual Remembrance of Craig Steffen” 6/25/17) Craig Steffen I had to talk myself into coming today because I didn’t feel like I truly belonged (it’s an adoptee thing). As I wrestled with it in my mind, I realized, if I don’t share this story at Craig’s remembrance, there would be nobody to tell this story to as Craig and I did not have any mutual friends nor did we know each other’s families (which then led to the thought . . . post this at your blog!). I knew Craig just barely a year, meeting him the summer of 2015 at The Bellbrook Library at a book signing. A former co-worker of mine, an author herself, known as the City Skipper Gal , had interviewed Craig and written an article about Craig and posted it on my Facebook wall as she intuited correctly that Craig and I had a lot in common since we were both adopted and enjoyed writing. The City Skipper Gal had seen my adoption-related blog posts come across her Facebook feed for many years and by 2