Always be a poet, even in prose. 

Charles Baudelaire

Mary Ellen Gambutti, Author
I'm a writer, an adopted person,
and a stroke survivor, and a friend.

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Welcome to my writing world -

I'm so glad you're here!     
 

Words and music are my earliest memories. Language and writing were my first loves in school. I've kept up some form of word-stringing most years--only in the most difficult times letting go of the jottings, notes, lists, letters, and poetry. 

 

All of it came to a halt with a brain hemorrhage the summer of my fifty-eighth year. While home recovering after a lengthy rehab, I began to take online writing courses. I found memoirs. I was, once again, captured by the beauty of words and meaning, and began to record my experience in personal essays. Writing permitted me to take stock of life-changing events and has been therapeutic and life-affirming.

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My husband, Phil, and I now live in Lewes, DE with our fourteen-year-old Chihuahua, Maxwell, rescued from a Miami shelter.

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I write to find the truth in my experience. In my new book, I trace my life as an adoptive daughter in the 1950s and 1960s and my search and reunion with my natural family that began in 1990.
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Adoptee Voices Matter
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • May 21

Adoptee Voices Matter

A warm late spring welcome to friends of my blog, and to all new visitors! I welcome for the first time to my blog, a new friend,...
The Waiting...
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • May 1

The Waiting...

May Blog Post
Our Stories, Our Voices
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Apr 17

Our Stories, Our Voices

Welcome and Hello to you, and to Spring! Today is Saturday, April 16th, the day before Easter. My husband Phil is washing the windows,...
Season of Promise
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Apr 1

Season of Promise

Flowering fruit tree
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Feb 27

Welcome, I'm glad you're here!

Welcome to my Blog
Adoptees' Right to Know Who We Are
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Jan 26

Adoptees' Right to Know Who We Are

This article was posted in Visible Magazine on January 4, 2022, link to it here: https://visiblemagazine.com/adoption-fables-and-the-righ...
Lighting Up the End of 2021
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Dec 22, 2021

Lighting Up the End of 2021

We can light the way with stories! We want to shed light on the issues around Adoption, the experiences of domestic and international...
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Dec 4, 2021

Adoptees and Allies: The Importance of Unity

Looking back on November: NAAM, National Adoption Awareness Month The power of adoptee voices was demonstrated in full measure last month...
As the Holidays Approach...
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Nov 21, 2021

As the Holidays Approach...

A wholehearted welcome! Whether or not adopted, we may have mixed feelings about the days ahead. Anxiety may accompany shopping and...
My Adoptee Memoir is On the Way!
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Nov 9, 2021

My Adoptee Memoir is On the Way!

Hello, friends of my website and blog - I'm thrilled to update you that I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter Recalls is...
Adoptee Memoir In Progress
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Sep 28, 2021

Adoptee Memoir In Progress

I'm thrilled to update you on my writing progress! My revisions are near completion and I'll be sending my manuscript to the publisher by...
Not the Whole Story
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • Jun 1, 2021

Not the Whole Story

At age six, my parents told me the story of my adoption, a fairy tale my dad put a happy ending to. “Adopted” sounded to me like a...
Memoir-in-Progress  'I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter Recalls'
Mary Ellen Gambutti
  • May 16, 2021

Memoir-in-Progress 'I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter Recalls'

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