Tag Archives: adoption

How a Mother’s Intuition Helped to Solve a Mystery

Posted on February 16, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter (2024) We watched this documentary on Netflix last night. It’s a 2 part series. If you have any intuition, your ‘spidey’ senses will be pinging off the wall. I can’t believe how one man … Continue reading →

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Lately, I’ve Been Thinking about Family, as a Concept

Posted on July 7, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Instant Family (2018) This film was yet another suggestion from Susan’s daughter. This one is on Netflix, even though it was a Paramount production. And, in my opinion, the only stable character in the whole show was the Bernese Mountain … Continue reading →

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How to Turn the Christmas Movie Format on Its Head

Posted on November 25, 2022 by cdsmiller17

The Noel Diary (2022) This TV movie is presently on Netflix (it premiered yesterday). As you may know, I’m a little bit jaded with the Hallmark Christmas shows, so this one is a bit of a pleasant surprise. The themes … Continue reading →

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How to Turn a Theory on Its Head:

Posted on July 22, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Can We Reincarnate In the Same Family? These questions seem the same, but are subtly different: I’m asking ‘can we?’ while Dr. Dyer is wondering ‘could we?’ And the term ‘with’ implies everyone being connected to everyone else in the … Continue reading →

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The Beaver House (VI)

Posted on June 4, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Chapter Six “To begin with, I was adopted in my early teens by a Mohawk family. They saved me from a torturous death and to them I shall be eternally grateful. Then I escaped from the tribe by killing three … Continue reading →

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Adoption: to the 3rd and 4th Generations

Posted on December 22, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  An Open Secret Brigitte, pictured above, is the latest in a long line of family members that have been adopted. This happened a month before her 9th birthday. Working backwards, Brigitte’s mother, Amy, is my adopted child. I was … Continue reading →

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Who Am I? My Search for a Family Name

Posted on June 1, 2015 by cdsmiller17

As I pointed out in the poem, “My Father’s Heir” (see “The Miller Saga: Family Reunion”) I grew up thinking that my father was dead. That was before Mom wrote me “THE Letter”, which laid out some of the details … Continue reading →

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