Mary shares how Adoption Day anniversary can trigger feelings of grief and loss that pervade her life; coming to terms with it, making the most of life now.
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Adoption: Not a Default Setting
Mary Cardaras, Greek intercountry adoptee in the USA, critically examines Amy Conley Barrett's assumption that adoption is a default to abortion.
The Lie We Love
Jessica Davis writes critically about the lie we love and how our actions can perpetuate a system that separates families, instead of preserving them.
Decolonizing Moses
by Kayla Zheng, adopted from China to the USA. Growing up in an evangelical white Christian home, I learned the story of Moses before I learned the story of Santa or Easter Bunny. White Christianity was a core pillar in my years growing up. Like Moses, who was orphaned and floated down the Nile to …