HOLE IN MY HEART is the compelling story of a mother separated from her child by adoption in the Sixties and the state-imposed secrecy that keeps them apart. Defying convention, Lorraine Dusky reunites with her daughter in the early Eighties when such reunions were rare, and in the process becomes a staunch advocate for reform of America's antiquated adoption system. The author gives an inside look on the emotional turmoil following reunion for both mother and daughter. Dusky, with her award-winning journalism background, deftly weaves in crucial psychological research that places her personal heartbreak in a larger context, and illuminates the hard truths that are at the center of every adoption—loss, guilt, abandonment and an incomplete sense of identity. Her daughter, the adoptee with two families, also speaks of the complications and uncertainties that infuse her life. A birth mother's story you will not forget.

Lisa Robinson is an adoptee and a Birth Family Searcher who specializes in California.  After hitting so many brick walls in her own search Lisa reached out to The Search Guru, and adopted mother, Colleen Buckner. Colleen was able to put all the puzzle pieces together and reunited Lisa with her birth mother the very next day. That day just happened to be her birth mothers 50th birthday. 

 

Lisa is studying to be a Professional Genealogist and speaks regulary atadoption conferences throughout the country.  She is a member of AmericanAdoption Congress (AAC), Concerned United Birth parents (CUB), National Genealogy Society and several other organizations. She contributes her time and advice writting a bimonthly column about searching for birth family with Adoption Today magazine.

 

Currently Lisa is working on a fictional novel based on her own experiences of being the searcher and the searchee. When she is not searching and reuniting she can be found working part-time at a local winery in the beautiful county of San Luis Obispo, California where she resides with her husband Loshel and their four furry rescues.

Join Host Pam Kroskie and her guest CeCe Moore on Tuesday August 16th @ 7 pm EST.

CeCe Moore is the genetic genealogy consultant for the

PBS television series “Finding Your Roots with Henry

Louis Gates, Jr.” Her work has also been featured on

"20/20", "Genealogy Roadshow", "Nightline", "Good

Morning America", "Crime Watch Daily", "Nancy Grace",

"CBS This Morning" and "The Doctors", as well as being

quoted in many online and print publications.  Her

primary focus is promoting genetic genealogy education

and sharing positive stories about the power of genetic

genealogy through the media

Join Pam Kroskie as she intervierws Marcie Keithley about her search and reunion for her daughter. 

Marcie J. Keithley is a retired bank manager and licensed Investment Representative with over 32 years of experience in sales, marketing, management and operations.  In 2010, Marcie founded and operated her own grassroots organization and held an Adoption Awareness weekend in Kentuckiana, partnering with The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Indiana University Southeast.

A birthmother in reunion since 2008, Marcie is a member of Concerned United Birthparents, American Adoption Congress, and currently serves as the Vice President/Treasurer of HEAR (Hoosiers for Equal Access to Records).  She has held numerous board positions in her community such as Treasurer of Kiwanis International, United Way, Chamber of Commerce and Habitat for Humanity. Her personal story has been covered by the media, TV, radio, as well as the cover story for Southern Indiana Living Magazine. She is the author of the soon to be released memoir, “The ShoeBox Effect.”

Join our host Pam Kroskie and Sheila Jaffe this Friday May 13th @ 2:00 EST

Sheila Jaffe was born in Manhattan and grew up in the Bronx. At eleven years of age, she found out she was adopted. Today, she is an Emmy winning casting director for HBO’s, The Sopranos and Entourage and films including The Fighter, Rocky Balboa, and Ted. Although casting is her profession, Sheila’s passion is helping children. As she sees it: “Felix is like my child and watching Felix grow in its reach to help these children has been an indescribable blessing.” Sheila currently sits on the board of the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation and the Advisory Board of the Savannah Film Festival. In 2013, she was honored at The Children’s Rights Gala for her work with children in foster care.

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