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America—You Made It Hard to Be Proud to Be Asian-American

On May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Mary provides insight of challenges she faces as a Korean intercountry adoptee and coming to embrace her Asian American identity despite the difficulties.

My Adoption Day Is An Anniversary of Loss

On March 7, 2022June 1, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee vulnerability, Adoption Attachment, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Forced separation, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Korea, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Sense of Belonging, South Korea, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Mary shares how Adoption Day anniversary can trigger feelings of grief and loss that pervade her life; coming to terms with it, making the most of life now.

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