Desiree discusses her goal of starting an adoptee pen-pal program to help adoptees connect and share.
Author: Desiree Maru
Vipassana Meditation for PTSD
Vipassana means to see things as they really are. It is a self-exploratory, observational meditation technique that trains you to navigate your body's sensations and move through them with objectivity. This technique derives from India and is based on the principle that there are scientific laws which govern the phenomenon of what happens in our …
All That I Wish I Could Say
I'm sorry that I can't fully introduce myself. I can't. If I could, I'd tell you that I was born an orphan in the Philippines. I lived in an orphanage until I was two years old and this set my world on fire, forever altering my life. I wake in the mornings as an adult …
Reflections on the Navajo Reservation and What a Smile Can Do
The Navajo Reservation looks like this alien, lunar landscape that is perfect but extreme, tough to navigate, but surreal all at the same time. It glows with eternity on its side, in a realm we can't enter unless we're a part of it. There is a trailer beside an unreal hill that is towering, smooth …
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The Growing Connections Between Adoptees and Nonadoptees
Desiree shares about the connection between adoptees and non adoptees.
Reconstructing Identity and Heritage
Desiree shares her thoughts on being an orphan and finding her identity.
Desiree’s Column, Filipino Intercountry Adoptee
Desiree starts her column sharing as a Filipino adoptee.