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 in June 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.
    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 invite you to explore my site pages.

    Identity, Adoptees' Right to Know
    Mary Ellen Gambutti
    • Jun 11

    Identity, Adoptees' Right to Know

    Hello! You have arrived at the author blog of Mary Ellen Gambutti which is part of my website https://megam-author.com Whether it's your...
    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
    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...
    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...
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