Something different than the usual tone of this blog, but nonetheless, the message is worth sharing.
Category: adoption
an adoptees view on adoption and all that it entails.
one hundred.
It’s as if adoptees’ stories are so shameful they are to be kept a secret.
her voice.
I held onto the combination of numbers, unsure of my next steps, feeling a bit frozen in making this lifelong dream become a reality.
this is adoption.
It is the best friend of anxiety and depression, complementing them with the feeling of fear of intimacy, hesitancy towards accomplishing hopes and dreams.
scary santa.
I identified Santa as a big and powerful person that could easily take me away from my new family.
hands.
Side by side, they are a glimpse into the past and future.