I identified Santa as a big and powerful person that could easily take me away from my new family.
Category: adoption
an adoptees view on adoption and all that it entails.
hands.
Side by side, they are a glimpse into the past and future.
naam.
It’s about raising awareness and hoping for a change for those involved in the world of foster care and adoption.
a solution.
nothing will completely take away that loss, but processing the feelings surrounding it are so very important.
unapologetically me.
No matter how hard we try to make others happy in the way we speak or how we act, we continue to feel lonely and unloved.
a real daughter.
It stung. I had a deep yearning to be accepted, to feel like I belonged, to know that I was part of a family forever.