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Jeff Kidd

Dec 21, 20249 min read

Longing and providence: Mom explains how her fertility struggle made me her child

Mom and Dad turn to adoption after four years of fertility frustration leave them without a child.

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Jeff Kidd

Dec 19, 20245 min read

My fragile, little ego and other stalling tactics that delayed the search for my biological mother

I thought of a million things that might go wrong in the search for my biological mother. But sometimes, you just have to take a chance.

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Jeff Kidd

Dec 18, 20247 min read

Uncovering my origins: How my adoptive mother's death launched the search for my birth mother

I was an incurious adoptee who never dreamed of seeking my biological mother. Then, I lost the woman who raised me. Looking became critical.

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LOOKING FOR LYNETTE: What an adoptee's search for his birth mother teaches about fear, family and crisis pregnancies.