Maya challenges us to see beyond the tabloids and to give adoptees their space to represent themselves and be heard with their authentic real voices.
Tag: trauma in adoption
So Much Loss in Adoption
by Maars, taken from the Philippines to Canada. You can follow Maars @BlackSheepMaars I have been researching my roots for the last 3.5 years. When I first started this journey, I had nothing but scribbled memories of moments that provided places and names. Mostly by things I've overheard growing up when my family would speak …
My View of Adoption has Changed with Time
Maria shares how her views and understanding of adoption have changed over time as she's connected herself more to the adoption community and educated herself.
Healing as a Transracial Adoptee
Kamina shares her pathway of finding healing as an adoptee through many methods and routes, eventually discovering plant medicines which have proven successful.
The Dehumanisation of an Adoptee
Kayla discusses the dehumanising effects being adopted had or her life, the role Christianity played, and the importance to reclaim our own truth as an adoptee.
Sold via adoption on the Gypsy black market in Greece
Roula shares her story of being sold as a baby by a Greek doctor who stole gypsy babies and trafficked them via adoption to foreign countries. The impacts, the ongoing complexities.
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.
Finland’s adoptions are similar to the Dutch.
Sabina shares thoughts since the Dutch government decision to suspend intercountry adoptions. An independent investigation is long overdue for Finland's adoptions.
Broken
by Yolanda, a transracial adoptee (of Jamaican, black mixed with Chipawaue Indian origins) raised in the USA into a black American adoptive family. Artwork by Yolanda I was adopted at seven months old and my adoptee story isn't a good one. Basically I grew up in a religious family full of mental, physical, emotional and …
Family and Xmas Times
Lynelle shares her mix of feelings for adoptive family at key times like Xmas.
Bitten and Suffering
Lily shares about the fight for her rights as an intercountry adoptee.
Adoption, Abuse & Exclusion from the Royal Commission
Lynelle's part 1 of 3 on Sexual Abuse within Adoption.
Who am I now?
By Maria Diemar from her blog at I own my Story Maria Diemar Who I am now, after my life story changed I always thought that my mom gave me up for adoptionI was an abandoned childI learnt to believe that adoption is something beautifulEven though it hurtEven though I felt abandonedEven though I felt …
Coming Out of the Adoptee Fog
Mark Hagland shares about awakening our awareness to the impacts of being adopted.
Leadership in the Intercountry Adoptee Community
Abby Abby explores servant leadership in the intercountry transracial adoptee community, emphasizing empathy, healing, and empowerment in shaping adoption practices.
The Lived Experience of Illicit Intercountry Adoption
A critical view of intercountry adoption must consider those who have experienced illicit intercountry adoptions.
Not Good Enough
I was an artistic child and I spent much of my free time drawing when I was a child. I drew my interpretation of Star Wars. I was not allowed to watch the movie because my religious parents believed it was evil to try and interpret the future. Our hired hand found my drawings in …
Yellow Snow
I grew up on a dairy farm in rural Minnesota. Minnesota is a state, located in the north central region of the United States and borders Canada. Most people do not know the most northern point of the lower 48 states is located in Minnesota. It should be no surprise to learn Minnesota ranks in …
Vulnerable children are not blank slates
Lynelle critically examines the gains from including adult intercountry adoptees in policy discussions and shares Joey's story, a male Chinese adoptee.
Trauma of Transition for Older Aged Adoptees
Older age adoptees struggle to transition from their first life to their second. What can be done to reduce the trauma of transition in older age adoptions?