VL felt, as so many of us adoptees do, like an outsider. She was also adopted into abuse. Listen in as she shares what's helped move past this to forgiveness and letting guilt go.
V.L. Brunskill is the award-winning author of the Savannah novel Waving Backwards and the forthcoming memoir The Killing Closet. She is also a blogger at adoptionfindwhere she shares lessons learned from her (pre-internet) adoption search, and her journey towards spiritual healing.
In addition to her personal blog, V.L. is head of conference production at Argyle. In this role she creates content, abstracts and landing page copy for all events. She also oversees a robust team of producers, speakers and sponsors.
Long before she penned her first novel, V.L. was putting pen to paper as a freelance music journalist at Metronome Magazine, North Shore Magazine, CREEM, SPIN, and the Boston Phoenix. From rock stars to rocking ions, V.L. went on to become senior editor of an IT magazine, and a technical writer in the ion implantation field.
Having found her birth family, her reunion journey entailed a daunting seven-year-search for her birth mother, and another five-years looking for her birth father.
She moved South to be closer to both.
https://www.facebook.com/vlbrunskill/
https://adoptionfind.wordpress.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickilynnbrunskill
Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.
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