Category: #adoption
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Dear Adoption, You Are a Controversy Disguised
? Dear Adoption, You Are a Controversy Disguised When people asked me how old I was when I found out I was adopted, I laugh. I have always known. It’s sort of impossible to not know I am adopted. I am a dark-skinned Indian girl with long, black hair. This is a stark difference to…
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An Unbirthday
** TW: mention of mental health and suicidal ideation Unbirthday? *un: opposite of the original PSA for all: I don’t celebrate my legal birthday. No, I didn’t want you to remember, so don’t feel bad for not knowing. It’s actually just preferred that it’s just like any other day. Of course when I was a…
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A Week’s Change
One Week Before: As I sit here in the stillness of my thoughts. Tired eyes, open mind. I wonder about the week or day before I left India for my new home, America. Did my 2 year old self panic at the prospect of not obtaining proper paperwork? Did she worry about how in the…
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YOU: May 31st, 2020
In the beginning you belonged to yourself You were a leaf that fell from a tree You soared away Far Wide Into another land You settle in a cozy nest a new utopia Now you no longer belong to yourself Your loyalty is in this nest You transform into a bird to match your new…
Her Place 