Arlynn provides the speech shared at the Philippine Global Consultation conference, Sept 2021. Her lived experience growing up Filippino in the USA.
Tag: feeling alone as an adoptee
Sunday Junk Journaling
Filipino adoptee Desiree Maru shares her method of Junk Journaling that gives her a tool to help process life and its challenges. Creative, therapeutic, fun.
The Here and Now
Desiree shares her life, coming to terms with her past and moving forward.
Why do Intercountry Adoptees want to know their Origins?
The desire to know my origins is an innate and fundamental human need (and right). My need to know my origins is akin to your need to breath air that keeps you alive. Breath of Air by Tim Kakandar We only know our origins are important when we don’t have it, or access to it. …
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