Howard Frederick Ibach ’83 AM writes: “As an adoptee, I was destined for an emotionally scarred life. Or so I was meant to believe according to The Primal Wound by psychologist Nancy Verrier. I almost bought into that story even though my lived experience bore no resemblance to her research. But something shielded me, call it my skepticism, my innate certainty, or my faith. But most of all I credit my adoptive parents’ instincts and their love, two facts I did not come to appreciate until I was in my sixties. In my debut memoir, Already Home, my journey, and the story of finding my birth mother, and then my birth siblings, is a tale of complexity and emotional upheaval filled with more than a few happy surprises. The lessons I learned about myself and about family will help make the paths of adoptees and anyone considering adoption easier to navigate.”
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GS Class of 1983