Originally titled "All American Adoptee", this podcast seeks to address one person: my birth mom. Written and spoken in the form of a love letter, Letter to Her discusses the complicated feelings of being an international adoptee.
Originally titled "All American Adoptee", this podcast seeks to address one person: my birth mom. Written and spoken in the form of a love letter, Letter to Her discusses the complicated feelings of being an international adoptee.
Despite being a Christian school, middle school sure felt like hell. With the little vocabulary I had, I discovered every middle schooler's worst fear: shame.
Even as an elementary schooler, I realized that something was different about me. From "Gotcha Days" to looking in the mirror, I knew that being adopted meant something, but wasn't quite sure what.
"All American Adoptee" is (mostly) a self-project where I can voice my experiences as an international adoptee. Sometimes, I'm proud of my adopted status. Other days, I am not.I've struggled with balancing my cultural and racial identity all