the adoptee experience:

where lived experience & clinical understanding collide

this loss doesn’t come with flowers

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this loss doesn’t come with flowers

disenfranchised grief in adoption

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spoiler alert: it’s not always a happy ending

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spoiler alert: it’s not always a happy ending

making room for the real story, not just the highlight reel

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