Adoptee Notes
Welcome to our new Adoptee Notes page on I’m Adopted. We are opening up more of our resources so that more adoptees can contribute and join the conversation on our website, by adoptees, for adoptees. Adoptee Notes are written by our selection of volunteer contributors for I’m Adopted.
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There Is No Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. III)
“Remember forgiveness is key to healing. Without forgiveness in your life, life in general will be really hard and miserable…”
There Is No Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. 2)
“It’s been up to me as an adult to try and work everything out when it comes down to how I feel and felt about certain situations when it is a difficult task. It wasn’t until I was twenty-three that I was starting to get to the root of my problems when beforehand I was not ready to face my troubles…”
There is no Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. 1)
"Personally, for me one of the hardest things an adoptee we will ever have to do is to grieve the loss of a person who is still alive…”
The Importance of Family History & Identity as an Adoptee
“Essentially from the moment I entered foster care and later adoption, I was a blank and mystery person because I was starting a new life and there was no one around who could tell me about my family history.”