Jonti shares his journey of exploring what his losses have been in being intercountry transracially adopted from Sri Lanka to Australia.
Tag: relinquishment and loss
Sensitively Responding to Fears of Abandonment
Lyla shares an awesome way her adoptive parents assisted her with abandonment fears - a rational fear all adoptees have borne out of losing their first family.
I Lost My Mother Twice
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 …
Adopted Men Only Online
Niels shares about joining in with a group of adopted men to talk about relinquishment and adoption, how it impacts their lives.
Balancing Love and Loss
Bina shares about the complex emotions adoptees have to work through.
The Aloneness of Motherloss
Mila Konomos articulates the aloneness of mother loss, the grief and loss an adoptee lives due to being separated at birth.
Imagine Losing Your Parents Twice!
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 …
Adoptee Remembrance Day
Lynelle writes about adoptee suicide for Adoptee Remembrance Day