Our boys died for your kind
Deborah Halperin, Bloomington, IL A man said this to me while we were in line at the post office. I was 18 and had just...
Your family isn’t your “real” family
Anonymous, Des Moiones, IA. Drake University This is what my mom was told in 1954 when social services came into her home and removed her...
Your family isn’t your “real” family
Anonymous, Des Moiones, IA. Drake University This is what my mom was told in 1954 when social services came into her home and removed her...
Never keep secrets from your children.
I. Lulu, San Antonio, TX. I was 52 when I confirmed what I had long dodged: I was adopted — more like appropriated — at...
I didn’t ask to be white!
Molly Hilton Troy, MI If skin color is the simply the product of birth, then why do I inherit the guilt associated with being white?...
I remember, my ancestors, I remember! I remember my ancestors, I remember! I remember, my ancestors I remember!
J. Richard Barajas, Director of Admissions College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa I feel the meaning changes based on the comma placement.
