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Tag: the others left behind in adoption

The Other Half Left Behind

On January 31, 2018November 22, 2020 By jaymekyopoIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

- Many adoptees were sent to orphanages before they were adopted and many do not remember the experiences they had before being sent to their forever homes. At one time, we adoptees may have begun the same journey in life as one of the millions of orphans placed in orphanages. However, a choice made by …

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