I get up in the morning and I try. That's basically what it's like every morning as an adult adoptee. Whenever I look back in my mind, my past stretches past a million acres of difficult terrain that's emotionally challenging and left psychological imprints on me. An adoptive family I never got that close with. …
I received another email from ICAB on June 28, approximately 15 days since I'd emailed a signed form requesting the retrieval of my birth certificate. This email had the subject: "Post Adoption Concern" which made my heart flutter since it sounded so serious and official. The content of this email basically said that ICAB has …
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Since May, over 2,300 immigrant children have been forcibly separated from their parents at the Mexican border due to President Trump's "zero tolerance" policy. When I watched the news, I was speechless. I was terrified for the children being placed into foster care because they don't belong there. These children belong to families, they are …
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Desiree discusses her goal of starting an adoptee pen-pal program to help adoptees connect and share.
Jayme shares about how becoming a parent himself has changed his life and perspective as an intercountry adoptee from South Korea.
Filippino adoptee Richard shares about relocating to his homeland to live.
