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Denise Massar
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Black Babies Cost Less to Adopt

We were two months into our search for a baby when a friend of a friend told us how she and her husband had found their daughter a few years before. …

Adoption

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Black Babies Cost Less to Adopt
Black Babies Cost Less to Adopt
Adoption

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Nov 19, 2022

Wondering If Denise’s Book Is Ever Getting Published? Girl, same.

It’s been a minute. The last time I sent out a newsletter was, well, never. I was getting ready to in 2020 and then…2020. As many of you know, Pete and I divorced during the pandemic. Amicable’s not even the word. We’re still a family; we’re just no longer a…

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Wondering If Denise’s Book Is Ever Getting Published? Girl, same.
Wondering If Denise’s Book Is Ever Getting Published? Girl, same.
Publishing

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An Injustice!

·May 4, 2021

Hate Asians? You’re Really Gonna Hate Dying.

When I see racially motivated hate crimes on the news — like the recent spa shooting in Atlanta — I fast forward the life of the murderer in my head — Mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer in May of 2020. …

Asian American

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Hate Asians? You’re Really Gonna Hate Dying.
Hate Asians? You’re Really Gonna Hate Dying.
Asian American

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Apr 6, 2021

SEARCH HISTORY: A Memoir of Loss, Obsession, and Meeting My Mom at 44

An Excerpt Growing up, describing the time before they brought me home, Mom had said things like, “A couple took care of you for us.” I imagined myself in a wooden cradle somewhere, with a satin-ribboned sign at the foot that read: “Going to Darrell & Virginia Skaggs.” I knew…

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A book excerpt from MATCHED, by Denise Massar
A book excerpt from MATCHED, by Denise Massar

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Jul 31, 2020

We’re a Mask-wearing, Quarantining Family; We Vacationed in Zion National Park, and You Can Too

Like many of you, we canceled our summer vacation, one that would’ve required getting on an airplane, back in April, when it became clear that quarantine wasn’t ending any time soon. In May, after two months of not leaving the house other than for grocery shopping (and sanitizing those groceries…

Coronavirus

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We’re a Mask-wearing, Quarantining Family; We Vacationed in Zion National Park, and You Can Too
We’re a Mask-wearing, Quarantining Family; We Vacationed in Zion National Park, and You Can Too
Coronavirus

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May 5, 2020

As an Adoptee, I Knew My Son Needed These 5 Things From His Birth Mom

I was adopted via closed adoption in 1972, and forty years later, my husband and I adopted our son via open adoption. While I would search for, and find, my own biological mom shortly after bringing our son home, I grew up knowing nothing of why I was placed for…

Adoption

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As an Adoptee, I Knew My Son Needed These 5 Things From His Birth Mom
As an Adoptee, I Knew My Son Needed These 5 Things From His Birth Mom
Adoption

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Denise Massar

Denise Massar

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Author of SEARCH HISTORY: A Memoir of Loss, Obsession, and Meeting My Mom at 44 http://denisemassar.org

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