We talk a lot about the struggles of being adoptees, the things done to us, the things we’ve dealt with and the things we have overcome. We talk about how people view adoption. We talk about the people who adopted us. We talk about the people who made our adoption happen. We talk about our …
A Piece of My Writing: For the Women Who Are Adoptees and Mothers Read More »
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 …
Connecting the Dots: 5 Things the Adoptee in Me Does Exceptionally Well Read More »
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 …
Adoption and Awareness: The World Needs More Adoptee Stories Read More »
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 …
Adoption and Awareness: 6 Reasons NOT to Celebrate Adoption Read More »
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 …
A Special Singer, A Special Song, A Special Moment… Read More »
This is the second in a series of four letters. The first one was a letter to my first country, please, find and read it HERE. This is a letter to my adoptive country. While I realized recently that I felt betrayed by my first country for not advocating for me, for letting me get …
A Piece of My Writing: A Letter to My Adoptive Country Read More »
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 …
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 …
A Piece of My Writing: A Letter to My First Country Read More »
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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