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.
Tag: journey of adoption
Family and Xmas Times
Lynelle shares her mix of feelings for adoptive family at key times like Xmas.
Appreciating Country and Culture
Laney shares to adoptive parents about appreciating our Country & Culture.
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 7
Part 7 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 6
Part 6 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 5
Part 5 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 4
Part 4 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 2
Part 2 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
Adoption is Complex
Rowan shares his thoughts about being adopted.
Adoption, Abuse & Exclusion from the Royal Commission
Lynelle's part 1 of 3 on Sexual Abuse within Adoption.
Alone
Geetha shares about feeling alone.
I Haven’t Forgotten My Chinese Orphanage Friend
Thomas is looking to find his Chinese orphanage friend.
My Mother
My Huong Lé shares both her mother and her thoughts on Mother's Day.
Mother’s Day Ponderings
What does Mother's Day mean for this adoptee?
Learning …
Mentoo Mortensen shares.
when i am old, cuando sea viejo
when i am old, cuando sea viejo
Collateral Beauty in Adoption
Lynelle shares about the pains and gains in adoption.
What’s in a Name? Identity, Respect, Ownership?
ICAV members share their thoughts on Changing Names at Adoption
tears of my life, lagrimas de mi vida
J Alonso shares his poetry as a Spanish intercountry adoptee.
Brokenness in Adoption
Huang Feng Ying shares artwork and thoughts about being adopted from China.
Grieving Mother
Joey is adopted from China to the USA and writes about his grief for his first mother.
perils of a foreign born adoptee
J Alonso shares his poetry as a Spanish intercountry adoptee.
My Game Changer
An intercountry adoptee shares about their use of magic mushroom as an alternate mode of therapy, aiming to delve deeper into the trauma underlying adoption.
What I Love about Adoptees
ICAV Founder shares on what motivates her to keep going at ICAV.