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From Silence to Support: Building a New Village for Adoptive Families

Cam Lee Small, MS, LPCC, unpacks the silence that too often surrounds adoption—and what it takes to build a different kind of village for adoptees and their families.

Holiday Breathing
Ana Ana

Holiday Breathing

They come and they go, every year, like clockwork. You’d think I'd be more prepared after 43 years because they come at the same time EVERY year.

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My story: Isaiah James
Isaiah Isaiah

My story: Isaiah James

I am a product of high school love, created during the harmony of Valentines and then born in the fall.

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  • Most non-adopted people oversimplify and invalidate the grief of adoptees because they assume that our families are just like other families.

    Adoptee Land by Kristen, Adoptee Contributor

  • It’s such a curious thing how being relinquished is never talked about with sorrow; but instead with applaud for the adoptive parents.

    Adoption, Shame & Cocktail Parties by Amy, Adoptee Contributor

  • I played the role of being a chameleon; not realizing the toxicity of what I was doing in allowing people to mislabel me.

    Latina Mislabeled by Martha, Adoptee Contributor

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