THOUGHTS, MUSES AND RANTS OF JAH

“No adopted person should hear from their first father upon reunion that their father never knew about them.    My heart goes out to those who hear these words and the “if I’d known, everything would be different”. Another adopted adult is experiencing the wrath of their adopted mother for reuniting with her first family.  Why? Fact is if you don’t want an adopted child don’t adopt because reunion is part of the package if the adopted person chooses to learn the truth of their first chapter.  Or you can always keep it a secret……  Why? Beacause the government makes it easy to do so.   But Lying to your adopted child about the truth of their first chapter and family isn’t love.  It’s selfish.” “For All The People in The Back, It’s Time to Acknowledge Adoptee Remembrance Day - October 30th 💛🕯️🎗️ “First things first, before any adoption takes place, every adopted person experiences a life-altering loss first. This loss is so profound that it can and doe...

It’s fun to be a kid again, fall off your bike and skin your knee, road rash. It’s another thing when you trip as an adult and get carpet burn. Now that’s another term we used when younger, but with a totally different meaning.   My problem this time was not age. It was the result of not looking where I was going due to mega salivation. You see, we have recliners and I pushed the button for mine to go back to upright so I could get up and get another slice of pizza and refill my wine glass with Chianti. Returning to my recliner, I did not notice that the footrest had not completely returned to the upright position, but was sticking out where I had reason to believe it wouldn’t be from past experience. WHAM!, my left foot caught it and down I went. Normally, you would use your hands involuntarily to break your fall. But what do I let go of to do that, the pizza or the wine? Sacrilege! Those of you who know me well will understand that I did neither. My instincts had me hold on to bo...

  ‘One sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly hit me what women do for us…everything that I was taking for granted - because that's the way we were brought up. My history of relationships with women is very poor - very macho, very stupid, but pretty typical of a certain type of man. which I was, I suppose - a very insecure, sensitive person acting out very aggressive and macho. Trying to cover up the feminine side, which I still have a tendency to do, but I'm learning. I'm learning that it's all right to be soft and allow that side of me out…’ J.Lennon “Thank you to the woman who wrote this: I’m 14 and I’m struggling in Algebra class. When I ask for help, the male teacher says ‘I’m not surprised, girls aren’t that good at Algebra.’ I’m 18 and go to my first fraternity parties with girlfriends. We don’t ever say it out loud but it’s understood that we need to stick together at these parties and not get separated, for our own safety. I’m 20 and I’m working as a hostess a...