Kris shares as an Indian adoptee after listening to a podcast on why India's orphans are abandoned twice -- but for international adoptees, its three times.
Tag: adopted from India
Integrating the Parts in Adoption
Bina shares about the fragmentation adoptees endure in order to survive and the grief work we must do to reintegrate our dual selves.
The Unaware Adoptee
Krishna shares what it feels like to find out about being adopted years later, the secrets and lies, the impacts. Late discovery intercountry adoptee.
Don’t Tell Me to be Grateful
Naomi shares the challenges she's experienced and rightfully questions why adoptees are expected to feel grateful for their lives.
Adopted from India to Belgium
Annick shares her thoughts on being adopted from India, marrying another adoptee, having a child of her own.
Forget Your Past
by Bina Mirjam de Boer adopted from India to the Netherlands.Originally shared at Bina Coaching. Forget your past! I was told this sentence 5 years ago today, when I visited one of my children's homes for the 2nd time. The woman who received me wasn't interested in my questions about my past and didn't even …
Imagine Losing Your Parents Twice!
by Bina Mirjam de Boer adopted from India to the Netherlands. It was October 10, 1990. "Imagine" by John Lennon played on the radio. I heard my adoptive mom on the phone tell my sister that our father passed away.... 14 years and orphaned again.My adoptive father suddenly died because of a medical mistake after …
LION Review by ICAV
Lynelle writes her thoughts after watching the film LION, about Saroo adopted from India after being a lost child.
Intercountry Adopted into Same Race Family
Prema shares her story of same race intercountry adoption, the complexities of adoption. Adopted from India to the USA.