nothing will completely take away that loss, but processing the feelings surrounding it are so very important.
Category: adoption
an adoptees view on adoption and all that it entails.
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.
they bought me.
If I sit with this for too long, I get angry. It feels dehumanizing. Am I just a commodity for someone’s desires?
dear dad.
To my birth dad.
To my adopted dad.
To all my other dads.
Happy Father’s Day.
we got this.
We can choose to succumb to the lies, or we can acknowledge the truth and grow. Accepting truth, walking in perseverance, and embracing bravery can decrease the power that certain anxieties have over us.