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- What conclusions did you draw from your experience?
- What are the key personal attributes needed to do an adoption search?
- Why did you choose the title Adoption Detective
- What did you say after you said hello to your birth parents?
- What motivated you to search for your birth parents?
- How did you feel when you learned you were adopted?
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- Why write a book about adoption?
- What is an adoption detective?
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- Adoption is Paradoxical
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- “A New Adoption Classic”
- Four Kinds of Adoption
- Adoption—Finding Solace
- Use the “Emotion Wheel” to get in Touch with Your Feelings
- Adoption—What is a soliloquy?
- Adoption Secrets
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- Adopted—who’s pulling your strings?
- Adopted Child Syndrome verses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Incredible Discoveries Await Curious Adoptees
- On Children
- Adoption and Conventional Wisdom
- Adoption Triggers Intense Feelings
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- Adoption Stories
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- The 4th Side of the Adoption Triangle
- Adoption—Calming the Monkey Mind
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- Adoption—When things go utterly right…
- Adoption—Chasing a Rainbow
- Adoption—Time Waits for no One…
- Adults bamboozled me into believing in Santa Claus
- Adoption in Winter Wonderland
- Adoption—Paternal Bonding
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- Adoption—Time is the allegorical Father of Truth
- Adoption—What is the meaning of énouement?
- Adoption—How does it feel?
- Adoption – Street Smarts or Book Smarts?
- Adoption – The importance of Communication
- Adoption – Staying afloat
- Adoption—Life in a Snow Globe
- Adoption detectives help adoptees find their way home
- Adoption—The Extraordinary Power of Expectations
- Adoption—Striving for the Brass Ring
- Adoption-Children in Greenland were taken from their homes for a social experiment
- Adoption searches are not just for young people
- Adoption—Life as a Country Song
- Adoption—Harbor Lights
- “Adoption—Life is a Challenge”
- Adoption—Bubbles in Time
- The History of Adoption
- Adoption – The Sublime Confidence of Youth
- “Adoption—Blest Be the Tie That Binds”
- “Adoption—Infants remember more than you think”
- Similarities between Golf and Adoption
- Adoption—On a Wing and a Prayer
- Pets benefit adopted children…
- “You’re Adopted!”
- Adoption—“The Best of Times…the Worst of Times”
- Adoption—Self-discovery and Moral Character
- The Stigma of Adoption
- Adoption—Shadows of Ancestors Past
- Adoption—Individual Choice verses Collective Action
- “Woo Hoo!—I found my Grandparents.”
- Adoption—Its Pub Weather Today
- Adoption—Parents who live vicariously
- Empathy is more than a simple act of kindness, sympathy, prayer, or pity
- Adoption—Robinson Crusoe Syndrome
- “Adoption and Behavioral Foxhole Syndrome”
- “Adoption—A thousand reasons to be angry”
- Adoption—Are you burned out?
- “Adoption—An Affair of the Heart”
- Reactive Attachment Disorder – RAD
- “Adoption—Stowaway Orphan from Peru found in London train station”
- Adoption Detective—Judith Land Quotes
- Adoption—“Letting Go!”
- Adoption—“The Point of No Return”
- Adoption—Can you die from a broken heart?
- Adoption—How similar are you to your Mother?
- “Adoption—communicating with poems, songs and love letters”
- “Adoption—the exhilaration of accomplishing something extraordinary”
- “Adoption—Don’t be a worrywart!”
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Tag Archives: life’s trajectory
“Adoption—picking up the pieces from here on after”
Some adoptees are like glass—opaque, darkened, and difficult to see through. The past is mysterious, paradoxical and unfathomable to them. Their lives are confusing, ambiguous and semi-transparent. Relationships are perplexing and contradictory and events of yesteryear are obscure and incomprehensible … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Children, Parenting, Relationships
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, Judith Land, life's trajectory, self-identity
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“Adoption—forgiveness and second chances”
Have you ever wished for forgiveness and the opportunity for a new beginning? What if a beautifully wrapped gift box with a large bow arrived on your doorstep—the most powerful gift you have ever received. Inside is a note from … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Children, Parenting, Relationships
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, forgiveness, Judith Land, life's trajectory, Parenting, purpose driven life, second chance
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“Adoption—the sentimental value of mementos and heirlooms”
“I had never seen a picture of myself as an infant and knew nothing about the first year of my life until I discovered the identity of my foster family. The box of mementos, photographs and relics they gave me … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Dear Adoption, Life, Parenting
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, heirloom, Judith Land, keepsake, life's trajectory, memento, relic, self-identity
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Adoption—chance encounters with biological family members!
“Innocuous chance encounters with biological family members fed my curiosity and strengthened my desire to know something about my genealogy. Over time, I became increasingly introspective about these incidents and wondered why our souls had collided somewhere along life’s trajectory … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Life, Parenting, Relationships
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, halo effect, Judith Land, life's trajectory, self-identity
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“Adoption Celebrations!” Judith Land | Adoption Detective
Life’s special events should be remembered, celebrated and memorialized—but what about adoption? How should adoptions be celebrated? Social gatherings serve an important function for families and children by keeping us connected and reminding us of our special family bonds. Weddings, … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Life, Parenting, Relationships
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, Adoption Reunion, Books, Judith Land, life's trajectory, self esteem
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“Adoption—safe havens for newborn infants”
“Newborn Infant” means an infant who is seventy-two hours old or younger. A parent or agent of a parent who leaves a newborn infant with a safe haven provider may remain anonymous, and the safe haven provider shall not require … Continue reading
“Adoption story—what makes a book socially relevant?”
“When Christopher Latham Sholes invented the typewriter in 1923 he had no idea that he was the innovator of a dazzling social revolution that dramatically changed the world by giving women jobs, economic power and a voice in business.” —Judith Land … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Books, Life, Parenting
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, adoption story, book clubs, Christopher Latham Sholes, Judith Land, life's trajectory, mass relevance, Memoir
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“Adoption stories—public libraries are a great achievement of American society”
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”– Dr. Seuss Public libraries are a great achievement of American society and an essential part of having an educated and … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Books, Life
Tagged Adoption Detective, adoption story, Dr. Seuss, Judith Land, Libraries, life's trajectory, Memoir, paradigm shift, read
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“Adoption—a correlation between adoption and wilderness survival”
“Frustration arises when a person fells helpless and continually thwarted in their attempts to accomplish a dream. Staying positive and tapping into the reservoir of inner strength and fortitude that you never knew you had is critical to survival, in … Continue reading
Posted in adopted, adoptee, Adoption, Children, Dear Adoption
Tagged adopted, adoptee, ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, genealogical bewilderment, Judith Land, life's trajectory, self-identity
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“Adoption story—cozy mystery, suspense thriller or unsolved secret?”
“Behind every adoption story there is a memoir or mystery novel waiting to be written.” —Judith Land When an adoption quest to meet biological relatives is invoked the researcher must keep all senses alert, maintain a perspicacious mind open to all possibilities, and … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Books, Life
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, genealogical bewilderment, Judith Land, life's trajectory, Lois Martin-Orr, Machu Picchu, Memoir, mystery, Novel
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Adoption Detective: Memoir of an Adopted Child 
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