The Next Steps: Finding My Birthmother - Part 2
"By copy of this letter, I am asking for the assistance of The Lund Family Home in contacting your birth parents." I was stunned and exultan
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Kate Bodin
May 112 min read
Uncovering the Mystery: Finding My Birthmother Irene - Part 1
I'm going to skip ahead quite a few years because I want to share with you the story of my search for Irene, my birthmother. It's a bit...
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Kate Bodin
May 32 min read
Surprise!
In the spring of 1968, when my mom was 40, she went on her first trip to Europe with several of her friends. On her return home, mom...
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Kate Bodin
Apr 262 min read
And Then There Were Three
Excerpts from my Mom's journal and my own memory "Early in the dawning hours of August 6th (1961), my water broke and we drove rapidly to...
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Kate Bodin
Apr 192 min read
Sam
The adoption agency had been incredibly supportive during the terrible months following my brother Billy’s death. Sometime after Billy...
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Kate Bodin
Apr 103 min read
Billy
Note - this is one of the most difficult and emotionally painful posts I've written. Sadly it had a profound impact on my childhood, so I...
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Kate Bodin
Apr 92 min read
Who Am I Really?
When I was born, my birthmother named me Pamela Lynn Brown. Years later, when I found her, I asked her why she chose those names - she...
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Kate Bodin
Apr 92 min read
Very Early Days
I remember very clearly the first time we saw you.
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Kate Bodin
Apr 81 min read
The Decision Came Hard
January 1999 Irene - Birthmother "Kate, you were never completely out of my thoughts - buried back there sometimes - but always in...
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Kate Bodin
Apr 82 min read
Our Daughter Has Arrived!
From my mother’s journal “Some Notes on the Life of Cill T.” last entry December 2007 Cill and Carl T. are my adopted parents, now...
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Kate Bodin
Mar 271 min read
She Kissed Me Goodbye
December 16, 1956 Burlington, Vermont The day I was born. The room was dim, and the diffused winter sunlight struggled to pass through...
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About Me
My name is Kate Bodin. I'm a Registered Horticultural Therapist, educator, garden consultant and amateur photographer living in Portland, Oregon. I was adopted at birth which has always been an undercurrent in my life.
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