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This precious boy born of love.

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 @journeymama, birth, boy, child, Christine Reed, CO, Denver, journey, love, percious, son

Christine Reed,
Denver, CO.

This is my son, Cal. I gave birth to him on 8/25/14. We are on a journey with eyes wide open.

Biracial by birth, Black by choice

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 birth, Black, Celeste Headlee, choice, Detroit, Hollywood, Kimberly, Madison Ave., MI

Kimberly,
Detroit, MI.

I was just listening to Talk of the Nation with Celeste Headlee discussing Navigating The Lines Between Ethnicity And Identity and I could relate to notion of being biracial and adopted into a white family and having to explore my identity through education and exposure to other black people. I’ve learned that black is not a monolith that the diaspora is vast and there is so much to learn. I’ve learned not to be afraid of black people because I don’t meet some standard set by Hollywood or Madison Avenue on what black is. I recognize my light skin, mixed race privilege, but I won’t deny my connection to black culture and history.

I feel more hispanic than white

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 Andrew Ward, birth, Chambesburg, Hispanic, Inside, PA, white

Andrew Ward,
Chambesburg, PA.

I am white by birth, but I feel like I am a completely different nationality/race on the inside. Like I was supposed to be a different race.

Never keep secrets from your children.

July 22, 2021April 18, 2023 52, adopted, Alzheimer, birth, birth certificate, brain, children, DNA, dodge, I, information, Lulu, San Antonio, secrets, TX

I. Lulu,
San Antonio, TX.

I was 52 when I confirmed what I had long dodged: I was adopted — more like appropriated — at birth. Back then and in my part of the world (Texas), those things happened. My adoptive parents are on my birth certificate as the birth parents. Whatya gonna do, right? I have very little knowledge of where I came from — just gossip. My father died without telling me the truth, and my mother had Alzheimer’s pickling her brain when I found out so she couldn’t help me too much. Therefore I have no personal history. But I know that I belong to the great human race (there is only one race, you know) and that the people on this planet are related. That’s all that I can vouch for. Beyond that, I am hoping NatGeo and Family DNA give me a bit more information.

Endowed by birth, merited by action.

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 action, Bill Gricko, birth, endowed, equal, happiness, inalienable rights, liberty, life, Monmouth University, same

Bill Gricko,
Monmouth University

This statement is about equal and inalienable human rights to life, liberty, and to pursue happiness that are afforded to all humans by virtue of their humanity. Respect of those rights by others is warranted only by one’s action – that all people respect all others’ rights to the same.