Tag: multiple identities

My Adoption Day Is An Anniversary of Loss

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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.

Peruvian Adoptee Returns to Birth Country

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Milagros Forrester shares with ICAV about her return trips to Peru and how it impacted her search for identity and belonging.