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Tag: return trip to homeland

Silent Night, Romanian Musings

On December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptive Country, Birth Country, Complexities in Adoption, Germany, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, New Zealand, Origins Search, Poetry by Adoptees, Politics of Adoption, Return to Birth Country, Romania, Sense of Belonging, Transracial AdoptionLeave a comment

Alex Kuch visits his birth country Romania and shares a poem inspired by this trip.

Spending Thanksgiving on My Own

On November 25, 2021July 29, 2022 By Desiree MaruIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Desiree shares the ups and downs of being single as an adoptee, being alone especially in those key holiday times like Thanksgiving or Xmas.

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