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Tag: losing your parents twice

I Lost My Mother Twice

On June 18, 2021May 27, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

by Linzi Ibrahim adopted from Sri Lanka to Australia, founder of Sri Lankan Adoptees. I miss you every day but most of all today. The pain never fades. You were taken from me twice, I have grieved you twice. You lived the hardest life and still managed to be the most incredible human. You were …

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Imagine Losing Your Parents Twice!

On November 19, 2020February 12, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized2 Comments

by Bina Mirjam de Boer adopted from India to the Netherlands. It was October 10, 1990. "Imagine" by John Lennon played on the radio. I heard my adoptive mom on the phone tell my sister that our father passed away.... 14 years and orphaned again.My adoptive father suddenly died because of a medical mistake after …

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