Lynn Grubb

    “Walking, I am listening to a deeper way.   Suddenly, all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say.   Watch and listen.   You are the result of the love of thousands.” Linda Hogan, Native American writer I was listening to this podcast yesterday where Ande of The Adoption Files interviewed adoptee Becky Drinnen.   As Becky shared the long meandering road to understanding her identity, beginning in her early 20’s and culminating in her 50’s, something really struck me that the two were discussing:   every bit of information we receive about our birth family and our history, no matter how seemingly insignificant to somebody else, matters and helps to build a more cohesive narrative.   And even though the search and reunion process may not take so long for some, given the quick nature of consumer DNA testing , the journey of discovery can continue for a lifetime.   It seems there is no end to the discoveries available as mo...

Dear readers and followers, thank you for coming along on this journey with me over the years of processing adoption stuff and searching for my biological father.   I never thought I would be able to post this blog and say, "It's a wrap!"  The search ended this year with learning about my paternal side.   I recently presented my search story to the Montgomery County Ohio Genealogical Society/DNA Interest Group, of which I am a member.   I am slowly working on my memoir, so that will hopefully be published by 2021. If you don't see much blogging going on at this site, it's because I am focusing on other areas of my life.   Again, thank you to the friends and followers who have been my "angels" during this season of my life. For more recent content, you can follow my blog Facebook page here .

I was searching through a notebook and came across these words.  I don't remember when I jotted them down, but I decided to put them in a meme and use this meme for National Adoption Month on my Facebook page.  Lots of people reacted to it.  Many people commented underneath it as to how they were still too afraid to share they own personal stories of adoption, reunion, loss and gain. I started to look back on my own journey of adoption and how I have progressed from good kid ("well adjusted adoptee") who rarely got in trouble, to the "outspoken, angry, adoptee" I have transformed into. Truth is, I'm not angry today.  It's the beginning of my weekend and I woke up inspired to write. However the misconception is alive and well that adoptees who "speak out" are viewed as angry, and ungrateful for all they have been given.  When really adoptees who speak out should be viewed as brave. And while we are on that topic, here are some other comm...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: VARIED VOICES FROM ADOPTION COMMUNITY UNITE IN FREE ONLINE EVENT FOR NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH Tuesday October 20, 2015 (Los Alamos, NM)  Question: What do you get when you bring together adult adoptees with parents by birth and adoption to talk about their relinquishment and adoption experiences, family building practices and views on needed legislative reform?  Answer: Usually an assortment of passionate opinions, raw emotions, misunderstandings and "unfriending" on Facebook. But something different is coming during November, National Adoption Month, this year. Adoptee and former foster parent LeAnne Parsons has teamed up with birth/first mother Ashley Mitchell to assemble an impressive collaboration of speakers for a free online seminar called "Come Climb With Us: the 2015 Adoption Summit Experience." "Our goal is to create an opportunity for anyone, anywhere who is interested in adoption to lean in and listen to c...