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a digital community for adopted Black girls/women to feel seen, supported and empowered. | Based in Boston.
I Was Safe. But Was I Safe Enough to Speak?
There is a difference between being in a safe environment and not knowing how to speak up, and being in an environment where you know you aren’t safe and can’t speak up. I think that difference is part of what makes the kinship adoptee experience so complicated. I was talking about this with a friend…
Being direct is hard. Here’s how restoration helps.
Being direct is hard. Don’t get me wrong. It’s one of those things where you have to sit down, think about what you want to say, and then make it concise. But so many things get in the way, right? Environment, circumstance, personal attachments, loss, and more. For most people the patience and the silence…
What Kinship Adoption Taught Me About Forgiveness
As a kinship adoptee, it took me a really long time to be able to hear my family of origin—to truly understand my family tree and make peace with the reality that environment and parental choices altered so much of my early learning. The hardest part of forgiving my parents was understanding why they made…
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