Patricia Knight Meyer - www.myadoptedlife.com
@myadoptedlife.bsky.social
#Journalist, #Author, Black Market Baby #adoptee not #adopted, #writer #memoirist with #memoir about being sold as an infant. #amquerying, X-expat, 💙 #writingcommunity, #litagent, #adopteerights #feminist, #LBGTQ. Blog: www.myadoptedlife.com ✈️☕️🍷 🦋
First mothers need support, not baby boxes. I discussed this on Al Jazeera. Real support = housing, healthcare, childcare, help & community. When we invest in mothers, we invest in keeping families together. #FamilyPreservation #FirstMothers #adoption @gretchensisson.bsky.social #AlJazeera 🥚
December 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
First mothers need support, not baby boxes. I discussed this on Al Jazeera. Real support = housing, healthcare, childcare, help & community. When we invest in mothers, we invest in keeping families together. #FamilyPreservation #FirstMothers #adoption @gretchensisson.bsky.social #AlJazeera 🥚
Coercion of first mothers in adoption doesn't get discussed enough. I talked about this on Al Jazeera's baby boxes episode. When mothers lack real choices or full info, that's not consent - it's coercion. #AdoptionReform #FirstMothers #AlJazeera #ReproductiveJustice
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December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Coercion of first mothers in adoption doesn't get discussed enough. I talked about this on Al Jazeera's baby boxes episode. When mothers lack real choices or full info, that's not consent - it's coercion. #AdoptionReform #FirstMothers #AlJazeera #ReproductiveJustice
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My concern for first mothers who feel leaving a baby in a box is their only option. I discussed this on Al Jazeera. Why does someone feel this is their only choice? What support systems failed them? #FirstMothers #BirthMothers #AlJazeera #babyboxes #ReproductiveJustice
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My concern for first mothers who feel leaving a baby in a box is their only option. I discussed this on Al Jazeera. Why does someone feel this is their only choice? What support systems failed them? #FirstMothers #BirthMothers #AlJazeera #babyboxes #ReproductiveJustice
Domestic demand for babies drives US adoption policy in ways most don't realize. I discussed this on Al Jazeera's baby boxes episode. When we treat babies as commodities, we lose sight of what adoption should be about. 🥚Full episode link in bio. #AdoptionReform #AdopteeVoices #adoptee #adoption
December 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Domestic demand for babies drives US adoption policy in ways most don't realize. I discussed this on Al Jazeera's baby boxes episode. When we treat babies as commodities, we lose sight of what adoption should be about. 🥚Full episode link in bio. #AdoptionReform #AdopteeVoices #adoptee #adoption
The lack of governmental oversight in adoption is how my black market adoption could happen. I talked about this on Al Jazeera's baby boxes episode. When there's no accountability, adoptees & birth families pay the price. 🥚#AdoptionReform #adoptee #AdopteeVoices #AlJazeera
December 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The lack of governmental oversight in adoption is how my black market adoption could happen. I talked about this on Al Jazeera's baby boxes episode. When there's no accountability, adoptees & birth families pay the price. 🥚#AdoptionReform #adoptee #AdopteeVoices #AlJazeera
I shared my black market adoption story on Al Jazeera's baby boxes episode. I wasn't a baby box baby, but my story shows why we need conversations about adoption oversight & what happens when systems fail. Adoptee voices need to be heard. #Adoption #AdopteeVoices 🥚
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I shared my black market adoption story on Al Jazeera's baby boxes episode. I wasn't a baby box baby, but my story shows why we need conversations about adoption oversight & what happens when systems fail. Adoptee voices need to be heard. #Adoption #AdopteeVoices 🥚
Just finished talking about #babyboxes and sharing my story with @aljazeera.com on The Stream joined by @bastardnation.bsky.social :-) Link coming soon. 🥚
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Just finished talking about #babyboxes and sharing my story with @aljazeera.com on The Stream joined by @bastardnation.bsky.social :-) Link coming soon. 🥚
Are we connected on TikTok? If not, follow me there - #adopteeTikTok offers another great way for adoptee to connect. 🥚
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Are we connected on TikTok? If not, follow me there - #adopteeTikTok offers another great way for adoptee to connect. 🥚
On National Adoption Day, I'm celebrating Dr. Kary Mullis—Nobel Prize winner and inventor of PCR
Read the story about my afternoon with a DNA legend: myadoptedlife.com/celebrating-... 🥚
#NationalAdoptionDay #AdopteeVoices #KaryMullis #Naam @cecemoore.bsky.social
Read the story about my afternoon with a DNA legend: myadoptedlife.com/celebrating-... 🥚
#NationalAdoptionDay #AdopteeVoices #KaryMullis #Naam @cecemoore.bsky.social
Celebrating My DNA Hero Kary Mullis on National Adoption Day
National Adoption Day: A black-market adoptee's encounter with Nobel laureate Kary Mullis, whose PCR discovery made DNA testing and family reunion possible.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
On National Adoption Day, I'm celebrating Dr. Kary Mullis—Nobel Prize winner and inventor of PCR
Read the story about my afternoon with a DNA legend: myadoptedlife.com/celebrating-... 🥚
#NationalAdoptionDay #AdopteeVoices #KaryMullis #Naam @cecemoore.bsky.social
Read the story about my afternoon with a DNA legend: myadoptedlife.com/celebrating-... 🥚
#NationalAdoptionDay #AdopteeVoices #KaryMullis #Naam @cecemoore.bsky.social
Three years ago today, I lost my birthfather Jerry Knight.
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
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#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
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Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Three years ago today, I lost my birthfather Jerry Knight.
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
Hi friends, 🥚I am having a subscribe/resubscribe drive to my quarterly www.myadoptedlife.com newsletter. New subscribers receive my free 47-Page ebook/guide "From Fog to Freedom” based on talks I give on #adopteehealing Already subscribed? No worries just resubmit. www.facebook.com/share/p/1AnQ...
October 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hi friends, 🥚I am having a subscribe/resubscribe drive to my quarterly www.myadoptedlife.com newsletter. New subscribers receive my free 47-Page ebook/guide "From Fog to Freedom” based on talks I give on #adopteehealing Already subscribed? No worries just resubmit. www.facebook.com/share/p/1AnQ...
Just returned from another amazing CUB retreat — my heart is full. 💛 Connecting with adoptees & first parents brings such deep healing. Grateful for this community of understanding. 🥚#AdopteeVoices #AdoptionHealing #AdoptionLoss #AdoptionReform #adoptionconference #CUB2025
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just returned from another amazing CUB retreat — my heart is full. 💛 Connecting with adoptees & first parents brings such deep healing. Grateful for this community of understanding. 🥚#AdopteeVoices #AdoptionHealing #AdoptionLoss #AdoptionReform #adoptionconference #CUB2025
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We are about to disrupt #Adoption #GreetingCard Search Results on Amazon! 🥚 My new company #YAYDNA, sells adoption-aligned, trauma-informed, greeting cards for #adoptees #birthparents #NPE #Donorconceived #DNADiscovery life events: www.amazon.com/stores/YAYDN...
June 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We are about to disrupt #Adoption #GreetingCard Search Results on Amazon! 🥚 My new company #YAYDNA, sells adoption-aligned, trauma-informed, greeting cards for #adoptees #birthparents #NPE #Donorconceived #DNADiscovery life events: www.amazon.com/stores/YAYDN...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Just learned my story “Infant Of” - about talking with my #adoptive mother about wanting to search for my #birthmother was shortlisted for The Letter Review Prize for NonFiction. It is an excerpt from my forthcoming #memoir - Thank you Letter Review. letterreview.com/the-letter-r... 🥚
The Letter Review Prize Winners January – March 2025 - The Letter Review
With enormous excitement today we bring to our reading and writing community the winners of The Letter Review Prize January - March 2025. This has been one of the most astonishingly difficult rounds w...
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September 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just learned my story “Infant Of” - about talking with my #adoptive mother about wanting to search for my #birthmother was shortlisted for The Letter Review Prize for NonFiction. It is an excerpt from my forthcoming #memoir - Thank you Letter Review. letterreview.com/the-letter-r... 🥚
Just read "Grief… A Comedy" a #memoir by fellow adoptee Alison Larkin. Her story of finding true love at 55 is proof adoptees CAN find that deep connection we've always craved.
Read the review at: myadoptedlife.com/grief-a-come...
#AdopteeVoices #BookReview #AdopteeHealing #LoveAfter50 #TrueLove 🥚
Read the review at: myadoptedlife.com/grief-a-come...
#AdopteeVoices #BookReview #AdopteeHealing #LoveAfter50 #TrueLove 🥚
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just read "Grief… A Comedy" a #memoir by fellow adoptee Alison Larkin. Her story of finding true love at 55 is proof adoptees CAN find that deep connection we've always craved.
Read the review at: myadoptedlife.com/grief-a-come...
#AdopteeVoices #BookReview #AdopteeHealing #LoveAfter50 #TrueLove 🥚
Read the review at: myadoptedlife.com/grief-a-come...
#AdopteeVoices #BookReview #AdopteeHealing #LoveAfter50 #TrueLove 🥚
YAYDNA Genetic Greetings is having a SALE for AMAZON PRIME DAY. --> amzn.to/3IxuBnq - Just $5.00 a card, 🥚help us disrupt the #greetingcard aisle. Visit the store today. NOTE: All money made goes back to supporting my #adoptionreform advocacy efforts #adoptiongreetingcards #greetingcards #DNA
July 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
YAYDNA Genetic Greetings is having a SALE for AMAZON PRIME DAY. --> amzn.to/3IxuBnq - Just $5.00 a card, 🥚help us disrupt the #greetingcard aisle. Visit the store today. NOTE: All money made goes back to supporting my #adoptionreform advocacy efforts #adoptiongreetingcards #greetingcards #DNA
We are about to disrupt #Adoption #GreetingCard Search Results on Amazon! 🥚 My new company #YAYDNA, sells adoption-aligned, trauma-informed, greeting cards for #adoptees #birthparents #NPE #Donorconceived #DNADiscovery life events: www.amazon.com/stores/YAYDN...
June 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We are about to disrupt #Adoption #GreetingCard Search Results on Amazon! 🥚 My new company #YAYDNA, sells adoption-aligned, trauma-informed, greeting cards for #adoptees #birthparents #NPE #Donorconceived #DNADiscovery life events: www.amazon.com/stores/YAYDN...
Ollie dog says Happy #Pride ya’ll. Sorry to be missing #NOLApridefest. 💕🏳️🌈
June 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ollie dog says Happy #Pride ya’ll. Sorry to be missing #NOLApridefest. 💕🏳️🌈
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10 Quotes on #adoption #attachment and #identity by @gabormate #gabormate Read them here: myadoptedlife.com/10-quotes-by... #selfcare #psychology #wellness #selfimprovement #addiction
Attachment, Identity, Adoption: 10 Quotes by Dr. Gabor Maté
Dr. Gabor Maté is a well-known figure in the fields of addiction, stress, and child development. His work on these topics has given birth to many insightful quotes, many of which, due to our own separ...
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December 9, 2024 at 7:46 PM
10 Quotes on #adoption #attachment and #identity by @gabormate #gabormate Read them here: myadoptedlife.com/10-quotes-by... #selfcare #psychology #wellness #selfimprovement #addiction
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Hard not to agree with this
May 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hard not to agree with this
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
In honor of my #birthfather, I just published two new #firstfathers #birthfathers #FathersDay greeting cards on Amazon. Finally a card with a message that fits. Please check them out and share with anyone you know who might appreciate these cards. Find this one here: amzn.to/43jWoPb
So Glad Our Stars Aligned Father's Day Card for Birth Fathers, First Father's Greeting Card for DNA Discovery Found Fathers
A Father's Day Card for Birth Fathers / Found Fathers This poignant "Stars Aligned" Father's Day card for first father / birth father / found father, captures the profound moment of connecting with a biological father for the first time. Featuring a stunning celestial design with stars and moon imagery that symbolizes your enduring connection across time and distance, this card expresses what traditional greeting cards miss. Great for reunited adoptees, donor-conceived, or miss-attributed parentage situations, this heartfelt message acknowledges the genetic bond that existed even during years apart: "ALL THIS TIME, We have shared the same sky, the same clouds, the same moon, the same genes. Now that our stars have aligned, I'm so thankful for the chance to know you — the man whose DNA has shaped me all along." Perfect for adoption reunions, DNA discoveries, and those meaningful Father's Day celebrations together. Designed by an adoptee who found her biological family and discovered there were no cards on the market that authentically captured these complex emotions and profound connections, this card fills a significant void for those navigating the unique journey of family reunion. Product features - Vibrant colors with the latest printing techniques for stunning designs - Premium 270gsm paper available in various finishes - Overlapping front cover with an industry-standard gap - Double-sided print with multiple options for size and format - Envelopes included for each card for easy sending
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May 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In honor of my #birthfather, I just published two new #firstfathers #birthfathers #FathersDay greeting cards on Amazon. Finally a card with a message that fits. Please check them out and share with anyone you know who might appreciate these cards. Find this one here: amzn.to/43jWoPb