Nimal shares about his incredible work in Sri Lanka to help the women who remind him of his mother, who was given no support and died before he could meet her.
Tag: adoption experience
JD shares about Adoptee Anger
JD shares as a Filipino adoptee about anger: anger for the abuse, the lies, the rejection, the impacts and lack of supports.
Gypsy shares about Adoptee Anger
Gypsy shares about her adoptee anger which comes from the billion dollar private infant adoption industry that sells adoptees to the highest bidder.
What Happens After Reunion?
Matthew Pellegrino shares some realities of life after reunion for an intercountry adoptee, hoping to challenge the "happily ever after" myth of adoption.
Adoptees and Suicide at Xmas and New Year
Lynelle shares about this time of the year where some adoptees can struggle because it can amplify feelings of aloneness and isolation. Reach out to adoptees.
What Would it Take to Choose to Parent Me?
by Cam Lee Small, adopted from South Korea to the USA, therapist at TherapyRedeemed. Not all children get to ask this question before they become adoptees. And not all expectant mothers get a chance to answer. I know there are so many kinds of circumstances represented in our community, even as you’re reading this and …
Adoption is Complex
Rowan shares his thoughts about being adopted.
Learning …
Mentoo Mortensen shares.
Can we ignore or deny that racism exists for adoptees of colour?
Lynelle & Mark discuss racism and the impact on intercountry adoptees.
Collateral Beauty in Adoption
Lynelle shares about the pains and gains in adoption.
Adoption is Complicated
Aaron Dechter shares the complex realities of his Adoption Day anniversary.
Brokenness in Adoption
Huang Feng Ying shares artwork and thoughts about being adopted from China.
Why?
Jayme asks why his parents adopted?
One Child Policy Impacts
Chinese adoptee Fuyi expresses her search for identity and origins via her artwork.
Grieving Mother
Joey is adopted from China to the USA and writes about his grief for his first mother.
Telling My Mother
Maria Heckinger shares the emotional journey of searching for her Greek roots.
Adoptee Activism in America
Lynelle shares about the importance of including adoptee lived experience at the Adoption Symposium for the US Department of State in 2020.
Adoption: Neat & Tidy? Not So Much!
Jessica Davis shares the complexities of intercountry adoption gone wrong.
Understanding Adoption and Birth Country
Colombian adoptee shares
We have been Brought into a Place of Hate
Vincente Mollestad shares about the death of a Chinese adoptee, murdered.
Name
Intercountry adoptee shares the struggles.
The Cycle of Harm in Celebrity Adoptions
Adoption is not heroism. It does not fight poverty, disease nor the root causes of inequality. Adoption doesn't even raise awareness about the real causes of poverty, inequality, parent-child separations, disease or social immobility. Instead it creates idolatry of those who look to adoption in a world which stigmatises infertility, disease, poverty and poor access …
Celebrating Secrets and Sadness
Adoptee birthdays are a day of celebrating secrets and sadness, a complex day of emotions reminding us we are not with the ones who birthed us.
Embracing our Origins
We explore the intercountry adoptee journey to embrace our ancestry.