ORPHAN

Terry Lawrence Miller (1947-1950) became Terrell Kenneth Adsit (1950-1980) became Brother Arthur (Brother Terrel l) Adsit (1969-1978) became Dr Terrell Neuage (1980+

A Memoir of Adoption, Identity & Late‑Life Discovery

return home ~ post-neo-noir-neuage (Indescribable scribbles of Dr. Terrell Neuage) ~ YouTube ~ Leaving Australia (Before the After) / After

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About the Memoir

Orphan is the memoir of Dr Terrell Neuage — adopted in 1950, reunited with his biological families decades later, and now tracing the long arc of identity, origin, and belonging at age seventy‑nine.

Turning Around at 78

I was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, in the late summer of 1947, and for most of my life the story of my beginning was something I carried like a sealed envelope...

The Sealed Envelope

The past doesn’t chase; it waits. In 2026, something in me began to stir — subtle at first, then insistent. It said: go back. Look again...

Astrology Returns Unexpectedly

I had left astrology decades ago, but when I asked an AI to read the sky for me, it answered with a pattern I recognized immediately...https://neuage.org/orphan/astro

A Year of Reconstruction

This project is not a memoir of closure, but a reconstruction — a return to the beginning so I can finally move forward without the weight of an unfinished past...

Timeline

Year headlines from 1947 - 2026 (so far)...

 

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Blog: Meeting my brother (April 2026 - me age 78)

Early adoption writings (2003)

Images used in this story

Contact: orphan@neuage.org

First sketch of an opening to this project

Origins Bellinger (birth mother) Miller (birth father)

return home ~ post-neo-noir-neuage (Indescribable scribbles of Dr. Terrell Neuage) ~ YouTube ~ Leaving Australia (Before the After) / After