Ask the Author: Elizabeth Miyu Blake
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Elizabeth Miyu Blake
Who is my birthfamily? That has been a question that started when I was a young child and has taken most of 40 years of adult life to figure it out. I still don't know my paternal side. There were two likely possibilities. At least today there are many more ways to find out. And I've been so delighted to meet the relatives I have found. Still there are so many questions.
Elizabeth Miyu Blake
It seems there are many children in foster homes, and so I see many of them. That is more difficult for children than being adopted it seems. And the reasons can be more complex including abuse or neglect. It's great to see when children are resilient to the disruptions of their lives. For some reason, I'm not seeing a large number of adopted children.
In my own family, my daughter has biological children and one adopted, in an open adoption. Her birth family shares time with her, and in fact she is with her birth mother right now. Her birth mother is from Ethiopia, and her birth father from South Sudan. We are really happy she has these connections to make her life more whole.
In my own family, my daughter has biological children and one adopted, in an open adoption. Her birth family shares time with her, and in fact she is with her birth mother right now. Her birth mother is from Ethiopia, and her birth father from South Sudan. We are really happy she has these connections to make her life more whole.
Elizabeth Miyu Blake
Awesome! Thank you!!!! I even posted on StumpTheBookseller, but no replies yet. You have made my day! Love it! With much gratitude.
Elizabeth Miyu Blake
I'm illustrating a book for babies and young children that is an old poem made into a lullaby. It's a chance to work with great people, use wonderful color and simple design. Expected release is early 2015.
Elizabeth Miyu Blake
If you are persistent and have a passion for what you are writing, you will do well. If it's hard to feel inspired about your idea, it might become tedious to continue with it. Choose your projects carefully and be persistent. One step at a time, you will get your writing into the world. And if you don't move it beyond your own manuscript, that's okay too. Writing sometimes clarifies our own lives in ways we didn't understand when we started. Good luck!
Elizabeth Miyu Blake
As an adult who was adopted, I remember feeling like I was very different from my family. Somehow, it did not occur to me until much later that we belong to families in many different ways, not just being biologically related and looking like our family. We belong because we care about each other. Accepting differences is needed in our world. And it can start very early for children who are adopted and want to belong. Really belong. Even when they feel so different from those around them. That was the beginning. Recently my daughter adopted a child of African ethnicity. Her birthparents were from Ethiopia and Sudan. She looks even more unlike her family than I did in mine. I hope that she feels she belongs, though the differences are very apparent.
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