Screening For the Life of Me in Sacramento at the American Adoption Congress conference was awesome – topped only perhaps by getting to dance with a cardboard cutout of FTLOM sponsor Elise Lewis who was unable to attend. Elise – we learned you are not a wallflower…

There are many new faces at AAC and it energizes me to meet them. The next generation of adoption reformers has arrived and they have much to teach us. Looking forward to AAC’s national gathering next year in Orlando.

The conference was made all the more special by a screening of Sin By Silence followed by a poignant workshop talk by adoptee and birthparent Brenda Clubine. Its impossible to capture the film’s impact in a couple sentences. Check out its website. Its in the ‘links’ section below.

But it was the time spent with friends from New Jersey to Kansas to to Canada to California that made this a journey extraordinaire. Being able to share For the Life of Me with my own tribe – nothing beats that…

So I’m on to Cleveland, for the world premiere of the feature film. The short version has screened before, but the full feature has never been seen in public. Cleveland – home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – quite simply… rocks. I’ve seen some great films, caught up with great friends, and simply can’t wait until Friday, March 26th at 7:30 p.m…