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Tag: denying the emotional reality of adoptees

Bitten and Suffering

On June 29, 2020November 17, 2020 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Lily shares about the fight for her rights as an intercountry adoptee.

Not My Adopted Child!

On July 17, 2019May 13, 2020 By julietteviaIn Uncategorized9 Comments

If my mum read my posts about adoption, she'd think, "Not Juliette, not my daughter!" I've done the emotional work because I know my parents haven't and never will. Brexit tore my family apart when my parents voted and arguments revealed just how little they understood they had an Asian immigrant daughter. I struggled and …

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