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Frumoasa Viață
{beautiful life}
musings from an adoptee's point of view.
Mioara. (Part 3)
Many questions and feelings coursed through me when I awoke in the morning. Being with Mioara again was the first thing on my mind. All I...
Janalee Toews
Nov 13, 20247 min read


Meeting Mioara. (Part 2)
Back in Deva, we got ourselves settled in at the villa we would stay at for the next few nights. We were now a half hours drive from my...
Janalee Toews
Mar 21, 20236 min read


Meeting Mioara. (Part 1)
Heaviness. The cool, cloudy, rainy April day didn’t help. A huge lump continually formed in my throat, hot tears threatened to spill,...
Janalee Toews
Mar 5, 20238 min read


Uncertain and Incomplete.
Have you ever tried to imagine your life from a time before you could remember? I have. And I’ve wondered where I would be if I had never...
Janalee Toews
Feb 20, 20236 min read
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