This will never get easier; I will never get used to it, and I hope the day never comes when this kind of news does not weigh heavy in my heart. Earlier today, I found out about a fellow adoptee mourning his friend who has recently chosen to leave this earth. I did not know […]
Adoptee Story: Yi, born in South Korea, adopted to the United States. INTRO: Fellow adoptee Yi Woo Ae shares her adoptee story with us, in her own words. Within her story, she speaks of the role of DNA-testing for her to puzzle together her own history as best as she can, a reality many adoptees
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Adoptee Story: Alexandra, born in Canada, adopted in Canada. INTRO: Fellow adoptee Alexandra shares with us, her adoptee story, in her own words. She tells us the story that lead up to her being adopted and goes on to tie together her mother’s story with her own years later… The statue my mother stumbled across
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Adoptee Story: Kevin, born in the United States, adopted in the United States INTRO: Fellow adoptee Kevin shares with us, his adoptee story, in his own words. He talks about the loss of identity and loss of time once he reunited with his first family… “I was born Kevin Hodge on 30 Jul 1960. My
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As a transnational adoptee, I have always had a very complicated relationship with my first country. It has taken me until recently to realize that I feel betrayed more than anything. Hurt. Sad. Rejected. Abandoned. I don’t know how I was separated from my mother. I have never been able to attach the feelings of
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Adoptee Story: Elena, born in Russia, adopted to the United States INTRO: Fellow adoptee Elena shares her story with us. Her message is one that is important yet so difficult to get to as many of us struggle to make sense of ourselves and our lives. My name is Elena. I’m a Russian adoptee and
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Adoptee Story: David B. Bohl born in the United States, adopted in the United States INTRO: Fellow adoptee David shares his story with us. He talks about the moment he learned shame in connection to his adoption, as well as the confusion and hurt in that. A hurt that could not and should not be
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November 2020 is here. That means National Adoption Awareness Month 2020 is here. Last year I started saying that NAAM should really be National Adoptee Awareness Month, arguing that if we are going to talk about awareness around adoption it should come from the people who live it every day of our lives, us, adoptees.
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5 Ways I Cope When Things Get Too Heavy This could be considered another one in the series of connecting the dots. The first one was My Adoption Story Part 11, called Out of the fog – Connecting dots about how adoption has affected me and My Adoption Story part 12 , called Out of
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LET’S TALK ABOUT LANGUAGE. Adoption AND language. I write ‘and’ with capital letters because rather than using the combined form Adoption Language, I think separating the two will help us as we take a closer look at how language relates to adoption, what happens when we try to control it, and why I call for
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