Screamie Birds Studios

Nothing prepares you for meeting your father for the first time when you’re an adult. Because meeting this way is not normal. Your father is supposed to be there at your birth and be somebody you have always known. So what can you expect when your search has finally resulted in receiving your father’s contact […]

You may have read my article, “Relationships with Fathers Influence Relationships with Men.” Or perhaps you have read my book Myths of the Fatherless where I dispel the myths about being fatherless that society often accepts as fact. But since I wrote this article and book, I’ve heard from several men and women about how being […]

It’s less important for a daughter to know her father than it is for a son. That is not true. Research suggests that fathers are enormously important to a young woman’s development and when the father is missing, for whatever the reason, women suffer in their relationships with men. All too often women are not […]

After writing and publishing the story of how I found and met my father in Myths of the Fatherless, I began writing articles and blog posts about it in order to reach out to others. After publishing an article, “Tips for Meeting Your Father for the First Time” I was contacted by a dad who […]

50 Years Ago Today She Gave Her Only Child Away To Live a Life Too Easy to Regret So begins the song, “Body and the Blood” by Christian artist Janet Paschal. Listening to this song never fails to make me cry. I wonder how many birth mothers who gave their child up for adoption feel […]

“I feel like a mistake.” “I’m not like them.” “Where’s my family?” “Why can’t I find a suitable career?” “Why do I keep dating the wrong people?” These are just a few of the thoughts adoptees voice, if you listen to them carefully. While adopted parents want to believe that they’re the real parents of […]

Who is fatherless? My definition is anybody with a missing dad, a step dad, an adopted dad, an unavailable dad, an abusive dad, or a deceased dad. And while I was in the category of being raised by a step dad and not meeting my father until I was in my 40s, my experience may […]