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Mother’s Day, 2019
It’s a running theme in my blog about mothers. It’s bound to be when you talk of adoption. This is not about me, but rather, on this day, a celebration of a wonderful and inspirational woman who was my mother in pretty much every respect apart from blood. Since I’ve come to this search/journey/odyssey in…
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So, how did I get on?
Wonderfully, as it happens. Because of a little pressure on a major work project my thoughts were not totally on the upcoming meeting. That worked in my favour in a way because of my tendency to overthink some things. It hit me at odd times though; shopping, driving, just as I drifted to sleep. I…
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Birth Father – Update
My tale of birth circumstances took a few significant steps further recently and a major one on Thursday last. As you may remember I’ve been seeking out the truth of my birth. I was very lucky to make contact with my birth mother’s family when at one stage it seemed as if that part of…
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July 8th, 2018…Birthday Blues?
So, here I am, another year on… This trip around the sun has had much joy, some intrigue and can never be described as boring, of that much I’m sure. Ups and down have come and gone and I’m wiser in ways, foolish still in others, lost of innocence and anxious too in a way…
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So I got my file from the adoption agency the other day…
It was waiting on me the other morning. That the file arrived was not unexpected. I had finally asked for it at a recent meeting with my social worker. We’ve started on the road to contact my birth father’s family so I took the opportunity to ask. In what I’ve noticed is a recurring pattern,…
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Father’s Day 2018
So today, this Father’s Day, has been another time to stop and think, this year even more so. I did have a notion to write something as its become a ‘thing’ in recent years and even had some vague notions of what I might explain this year. Mostly it was hugely positive, good and great…
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Record Store Day 2018
20/4/2018 (some small edits from original Facebook post) As you probably know, it’s Record Store Day on April 21st and much as I love the idea of it the event is deeply affected to my mind with the knowledge of loss this year…. The main man won’t be there in Rollercoaster and it hit me hard…
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Mother’s Day 2018
Like everyone I had a mother. Trouble was we were only together for 6 months. I then went to another mother who loved me deeply as her own child. All seemingly very sad in a way (and it’s not my intention to look for sympathy) just an interesting contrast that I experienced. I had and…
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Father’s Day 2017
We come in all sizes and shapes, creeds, colours, sexualities, social settings, marital or other arrangements and countries but I like to think we Dads/Das/Fathers/Pops/Das/Old Fellas/Auld Fellas/Old Lads/Auld Lads/Quare Fellas have some things in common I think: we all want our kids to work out, to do well, to make their way in the world,…
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Fathers’ Day 2016
Anyone who’s lost a parent will know the bittersweet or deeply sad feeling that comes with a day like today. Mick Bridgeman, my father, was a gentleman and a gentle man and much more; a dedicated third level teacher (of wood turning and wood machinery) that took time over every student he taught; a father…
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Martin Bridgeman 