Cold Hard Truth About Adoption

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Celebrate Your Bond: Heartwarming Mother Daughter Quotes
A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.
Adoptees don’t belong
Growing up my adoptive parents loved me but it never felt right. People think that children can’t tell the difference between their biological family and adopted family. We can. There is a bond in utero that doesn’t go away after relinquishment. That broken bond causes a lifetime of trauma. Growing up without genetic mirroring causes trauma. Reunion causes trauma. It’s ongoing throughout our lives. It’s not a one time event. Now that I’m in reunion I had hoped some of my pain would go away. It h
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