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That Old Familiar Feeling
An Adoptee's Birthday Misgivings
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
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A Quest for the Discovery of Heritage
and a Bit of Shameless Self-Promotion
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
Depth and Distance
A Lyric of Loss
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
Happenstance
A September Birthday Prose Poem
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
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When All Else Fails
Essay first published in the Remembered Arts Journal
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
August 2023
A Song for Leila
This piece is based on a portion of "River Songs" in my hybrid memoir, 'I Must Have Wandered'.
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
An Adoptee's Acceptance
Some reflections on re-gaining what is lost.
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
An Adoptee's Riddle
of belonging
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
This SC-born Adoptee's Rights are Amended, not Restored...
A follow-up
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
July 2023
And We're Live!
I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter Recalls
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
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Adoption Fables and the Right to Know
One of my articles is about adoptee identity and knowledge of our natural families. Our origins; our true identities, should not be masked. This is how…
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Mary Ellen Gambutti (Mel)
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Cover Reveal
Coming soon with new interior design and updates!
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