Salmon BY ELIZABETH BLAKE SalmonDo not grow up with their mothers or fathers, only companion salmon spirits,yet they find their way back to the place where love of life made them. As tiny…
Discount Pepper Spray BY CYNTHIA LANDESBERG Costco is my husband’s love language. In an effort to subdue my anxiety around the continued violence against Asian Americans, he walks along the…
The Colors of My Adoption BY AKARA SKYE Soft Pink: The color of the societal politeness of adoption. A newborn baby with a blank slate, to shape and mold, and…
ACCEPT BY AUDREY B What if I could accept myself? Such a simple task. Innocent asker, can someone be related to disaster? Who am I? Today's answer has journeyed so…
Heirloom BY VANESSA When I was growing up on the farm, there was not much time for reading except at school or church. During summers, I would get to ride…
Indestructible BY SHAE LEE Nine months to form, nine more to be left. Alone with her then alone with myself. She was abandoned before I arrived, original mother and I …
Double-Adoptee Indeterminacy BY JULIAN WASHIO-COLLETTE Quantum indeterminacy—the fundamental condition of existence, supported by all empirical evidence, in which an isolated quantum system, such as a free electron, does not possess…
It Always Comes Back to You BY REBECCA CHEEK My life started in your womb. Nestled in the warmth of your protective cocoon. Likely the last true protection I’ve known. My entrance into the…
Love and Drugs BY KC CRANDALL I got a message on Facebook from my birthfather the other day Well, a few— More of a missive than a DM Thick enough…
GOTCHA DAY,A CAUTIONARY TALE BY ROBERTA HOLLAND Once upon a time, in a land not far enough away, excited mommies and daddies waited anxiously, giant butterfly nets in hand. Their…