Jodi shares about the intersectionality and complexities of living with autism and the impacts of early separation trauma involved in adoption.
Tag: complexities in adoption
Balancing Love and Loss
Bina shares about the complex emotions adoptees have to work through.
The Duality of being Disabled and Adopted
Erin shares the complexities of living with disability AND being an adoptee.
Little Question
by Pradeep adopted from Sri Lanka to Belgium, Founder of Empreintes Vivantes. Have you already made an appointment with yourself? I remember having to forge myself, like many adoptees! Forge my own personality without any stable benchmarks and this mainly due to the absence of biological parents. Indeed, children who live with their biological parents …
Letter to President Moon
by Michelle Y. K. Piper adopted from Sth Korea to Australia. President Moon, To you, I may be merely a statistic. A Number. Name: 86c-1335. Born: “bastard” Abandoned by: Bio Mother These are the words inked into the brittle pages “cataloguing” my birth, 4 ½ months before I was separated from my mother, exiled from my motherland, …
Fifty Shades …
Claire shares her experience of being 50 shades ...
We are more than Numbers!
Brenna talks about Korean adoption statistics and how adoptees are more than these numbers.
One More Day Without You
Pradeep shares about his mother's birth date.
Family and Xmas Times
Lynelle shares her mix of feelings for adoptive family at key times like Xmas.
Family thoughts during this time of Year
by Bina Mirjam de Boer adopted from India to the Netherlands and available at Bina Coaching. December is a month all about fun and family. Many people won't be able to celebrate Christmas with their family this year. For many adopted people, December is a difficult month every year because they are extra aware that …
Working through the difficult process as an Adoptee
JoYi Rhyss offers free zoom workshops to help adoptees.
Adoptee Dualities
Abby explores the complex dualities adoptees face, from identity and family connections to cultural struggles, highlighting the emotional toll of navigating adoption experiences.
US Adoptee Town Hall Event Thoughts
Kara Bos shares about the US Dept of State Town Hall event.
The Adoption Fairy Tale
Sara shares the challenges of post reunion.
Alone
Debbie shares the secrets and lies in her adoption from Iran to the UK.
Is Adoption Really the Best Option?
Haitian adoptee Judith Craig shares her views since Judge Barrett's nomination and adoptions from Haiti.
I’m an Immigrant, Voting in the USA
Mark shares mixed emotions after voting as an immigrant, adopted to the USA.
The Happy Adoptee
Linzi shares her eating and weight struggles as an adoptee.
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 6
Part 6 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
Mother’s Day Ponderings
What does Mother's Day mean for this adoptee?
Learning …
Mentoo Mortensen shares.
Adoption is Complicated
Aaron Dechter shares the complex realities of his Adoption Day anniversary.
Dear Stranger
A letter I wrote to my adoptive father The last time I called home, my adoptive father asked me to come and visit. I spoke to my biological sister who was raised with me and she told me the last time she was home, our adoptive father apologized to her. I'm guessing he will do …
Korean Killdeers
I was reared on a small dairy farm that rested on the edge of the Red River Valley on the Minnesota side. I grew up in a rural farming community that was filled with a lush green forest of corn, amber waves of grain and intermittent dots of farm homesteads covered with thick deciduous trees. …