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Tag: impacts of adoption on the biological parents

What Happens After Reunion?

On January 30, 2022January 17, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized2 Comments

Matthew Pellegrino shares some realities of life after reunion for an intercountry adoptee, hoping to challenge the "happily ever after" myth of adoption.

Review of Reckoning with The Primal Wound

On September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 By lynellelongIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Lynelle provides thoughts after watching Rebecca's Sansom's documentary Reckoning with the Primal Wound, an adoptee led film on the impacts of our separation.

The Sin of Love

On August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn Grief and Loss, Illicit Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, Uncategorized2 Comments

Chinese father who lost his daughter via intercountry adoption shares his story of loss and hope, now reunion and the memories and pain it has brought up.