Fumbling Toward Divinity

Musings about art, life, spirit and love by an adult adoptee living in reunion.

Thursday, September 03, 2020

Black Bodies Are Human Bodies

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  He traveled to my native state of Wisconsin, just miles down the country roads from where my parents are surely rolling over in their grav...
Friday, July 03, 2015

Representative Hickman's Bill To Prohibit Rehoming Becomes Law in Maine

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AUGUSTA – The Maine Legislature on Tuesday unanimously overrode the governor’ veto of a bill sponsored by Rep. Craig Hickman to prohibit t...
Sunday, April 05, 2015

AUDIO: Remarks of Representative Craig V. Hickman on the Joint Resolution Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the March from Selma to Montgomery

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Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led marchers across the Alabama River on the first of a five-day, 50-mile march up Route 80 from Se...
Monday, March 30, 2015

38 Years Ago: Roosevelt’s Crossing

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1 Roosevelt looked like no other boy Craig had ever seen. On the first day of kindergarten, they looked each other square in the face, tw...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Meet: Craig Hickman, Farmer and Legislator

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"IS AUGUSTA FRUSTRATING? “Of course,” he said. “But with persistence comes success, so I will try again and see what happens.” He hopes...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

A House Full

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Earlier in spring, Loss came knocking at my door. Within weeks, Loss came knocking again. A few days later, Grief checked in. Bro...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Aching Bone

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Grief can freeze you to the bone. But there's no shivering, no shaking -- still debilitating. More like numbness, or at its most...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Three Years Ago Today....

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We said goodbye to our beloved dog, J.B. Two years ago, we lit a torch on his grave to observe the first anniversary of his death. I tho...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

15 Years Ago Today

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Friends came... ...bearing gifts. They gathered in our backyard to see us marry. Before our altar... ...we exchanged vows...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

The First Time I Saw Her Face

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T WELVE YEARS ago today, I saw my birthmother's face in person for the first time in my life. It's hard to believe it's been s...
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