I Could Have Been A Kingpin. Being only weeks old, I was still too green to score a gat on the street, it limited my scope of mayhem. Good thing adoption got to me before the criminal element did, or I could be running a cocaine fueled, weapons dealing, legitimate government overthrowing, human trafficking racket. Yeah, I know, do I even remembe.

Sunday, June 08, 2008. My adoptive mother is ten years dead. At 81, my adoptive father is growing weaker as Lewy Body dementia continues to destroy his body and mind. Yes, I know, I said.

Adoption from two sides of the triad over three generations. Not just one stance on one issue, but stance after stance after stance after stance. Monday, October 15, 2007.

Mother and daughter separated by closed adoption, reunited since 2005, working our way out of the fog and into reality. Monday, October 12, 2009. Friday, October 9, 2009. One of my adoptee friends, Andraya, wrote this on her facebook page. She claims she spent 5 minutes writing it. For stream-of-consciousness writing, this gets an A in my book. And something to chew on. I can list off a thousand reasons why I am simply, not good enough. My mother and I are.

Monday, August 10, 2009. Friday, May 15, 2009.

The life and words of an exiled mother, the roadkill left behind in the wake of an adoption. Monday, November 24, 2008. Remember the families needlessly separated, the mothers who longed to keep babies they loved and wanted, and the adoptees who were cast assunder by an industry that sold them for the highest bidder. My prayers are with all of you. What is a trademark? .

And the rest is history. Having given up on infertility, I find that I am now an expectant adopting mom. I understand that one step after another will get you any where you want to go, as long as you continue to persist. Family through domestic adoption now living in Trinidad! Do they have salsa in China? Getting schooled in international adoption. All kinds of adoption information.

This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging! July 31, 2008. Is it just me? I know that we have been facing 100 degree plus weather here. We have had several fires this year as well. WHAT ARE YOUR LEMON LAW RIGHTS? July 31, 2008. Have you ever wondered what the lemon laws. Were in your state? What is a lemon law. It is when you purchase a car that has gone sour on you.

I have reclaimed my original name BB Church as part of a discourse of inquiry into the institution of adoption in the United States. This blog is one facet of that discourse. Enjoy! Sunday, July 15, 2012. To me or not to me, that is the question. It reads like the plot of a novel. And it was gripping, since we heard it unwind in monthly installments.