Amanda Medina

After a long hiatus, I’m excited to return to This Adoptee Life—a platform for adoptees focused on rediscovering identity, healing, and overcoming adoption-related trauma. What started as a space to share my story has become a vibrant community where adoptees come together to share theirs. As we prepare to embark on a new chapter centered […]

This is the second article in a series I call “Connecting the dots”. I have said many times, a large part of my life growing up I felt so confused. The confusion lead to guilt, as I felt that because I could not understand my own behavior, there must be something wrong with me. Over

My definition of Adoptee Story: …the result of an adoptee exploring the story they have been told by adoptive parents, agencies and adoption documents, and instead of repeating this information as their story, start questioning the validity of said information and start adjusting the angle and terminology of the story, to develop a way to

Adoption and Awareness: A series of articles that dive into various concepts in relation to adoption.  This is the third article in a series I call Adoption and Awareness. I write about the abundance of adoption stories and point out the difference between adoption stories and adoptee stories. I offer a definition of what a

When I tell people that I run a blog sharing my story as an adult adoptee, the reply is oftentimes a big smile and something along the lines of “That’s wonderful!”. This, in turn, is often followed by some version of sharing their own connection to adoption, in the form of a friend, family member

I am going to share something with you here that is a little bit different and a little bit outside of my adoptee story, but that I think, and hope, can still be of support and comfort to some of my fellow adoptees. Music has always been my refuge… Whatever I have been going through