#Adoptees

Ferera Swan

FereraSwan

Those who assume adoptees speak adoption truths as an act of self-victimization know nothing about the courage & vulnerability it takes to publicly acknowledge our grief, or(a thread) the daily

Kim Penn

kim_penn

Thinking this morning about how deeply weird it is that #adoptees have no access to family medical history, and how often we are reminded of this fact.Every appointment with a

Joy Piedmont

InquiringJoy

I don’t usually seek out narratives that involve adoption. It’s too painful. But I can’t avoid it in #DoctorWho now, and to my astonishment it continues to demonstrate an emotional

Kris-404:RootsNotFound

adoptedindian

#adoptees, hard question here. Those of you that are searching but are turning up with nothing, or have a lot of challenges with searching because of your #adoption, how are

Aitheantas #RepealTheSeal

aitheantas

In advance of the publication of the final report of the Commission of Inquiry, an editorial in @Independent_ie states “it will be difficult also for the 57,000 children born in

Stephanie Tait

StephTaitWrites

If I never again have to read a tweet/facebook post/comment assertingsome version of "if you're so pro-life how many kids have you adopted?" it will still be too soon honestly.Adoption

BootsChantilly

BootsChantilly

And a lot of ppl have reunited w/ their bio families & have learned their parents aren’t just good, decent ppl, but also excellent parents 2 the children they got

Kim Penn

kim_penn

Yes, if you express a bad or dangerous or ignorant or hurtful opinion about adoption, it's likely that #adoptee twitter will see it. It's also likely that we will share

Ferera Swan

FereraSwan

ASSUMPTION: My adopted child is well-adjusted and happy, not showing any signs of trauma. What matters most is that they know they are loved and in a safe home. If

R2-P42 - member of #eeveesarmy

phntm42

A HAP/PAP asked reddit what they should know. Here's my very incomplete list based on comments I've seen/heard. No particular order. #adoption#adopteevoices#nationaladoptionawarenessmonth#nationaladopteeawarenessmonth You don't

Nicole Chung

nicolesjchung

Still thinking about this book. The title actually made me gasp aloud. It makes me very sad & angry to think of adoptees or kids in foster care who might

Rebekah PASS THE ADOPTEE CITIZENSHIP ACT Henson

bekhenson

I read two interviews with "The Unadoptables" author where she says she wanted to write about a group of "misfits" who refuse to conform to society's views of what's "acceptable"

The artist formerly known as lizard brain

stoweyvik

"sorry you had a bad adoption" if I've read it once I've read it 1000 times. Here's the thing, in my short time in the twitter Adoptee community I've met

BootsChantilly

BootsChantilly

Below is an exchange I had yesterday w/ an #adoption #agency. It's nothing out of the ordinary--in fact, it's quite typical, sadly. But I want you to see it. REALLY

Kim Penn

kim_penn

I woke from a dream this morning with tears drying on my cheeks.I dreamed that I had found my birth family.#naam In the dream, I was in Italy, at a

Angela Barra

AngelaMBarra

I'm one of the adoptees that regularly falls into the trap of qualifying that I love my adoptive family when I speak out about adoption, or when I call for

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