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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Adoptee Story: Susan Fedorko, born in the United States, adopted in the United States INTRO: Fellow adoptee Susan shares her story with us. She talks about finding out about her adoption by accident, searching for her first mother, and finding out who she was. Missed By Years I grew up knowing I was adopted. I
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Name Unknown Let’s talk about what’s in a name. More specifically, let me walk you through how my name has changed throughout my life so far, and how I relate to my name with these changes, as an adoptee. I started out with a name unknown to me. I have no idea what name my
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Adoptee Story: Jacob, born in Colombia, adopted to the US INTRO: Fellow adoptee Jacob shares his story with us. He speaks of conflicting feelings that many adoptees can relate to and gently reminds us that reunion can come with its own set of hardships. “The Pendulum Swings Jacob Taylor-Mosquera 5/2020 While I embrace the Spring-to-Summer
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Adoptee Story: Anton, born in Argentina, adopted in Argentina INTRO: Fellow adoptee Anton shares his story with us. There is such an intricate process to living life as an adoptee. Anton points us both in the direction of feeling our emotions as genuine and true, never hiding them and the need to be open and
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