Amanda Medina

I was adopted from Medellin, Colombia to Sweden in 1985. I was about a year and a half when I started my life as an adoptee, and it would take 32 years until I was ready to face what that means, what that has always meant, and what that will always mean.

This Adoptee Life - Adoptee Story - Jacob Taylor-Mosquera

Adoptee Story: Jacob Taylor-Mosquera

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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This Adoptee Life - Adoptee Story - Anton

Adoptee Story: Anton

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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Adoptee Story: Sandy

Adoptee Story: Sandy, born in India, adopted in India INTRO: Fellow adoptee Sandy reached out to me to share her story and reading it absolutely broke my heart…  My story:  I was never told I was adopted. I started having doubts very early in life. What brought it on, I guess was the fact that I

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