This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift: The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from… @SmithsonianMag #Adoption #VietnamWar #OperationBabylift #AdopteeStories #History

Head over to my blog to read 11 years written by strangers. Below is the link to the intro, and there are 2 other posts with more to come.

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A poem about my great grandmother and my grandmother. Happy August friends! #lowercasepoetry #immigrantstories #adopteestories @portlandchinatownmuseum @soulabofanthropology

My why- and how I survive and thrive. #asianamericanartist #immigrantart #mourning
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Operation Babylift aimed to save children during Saigon's fall in 1975. Decades on, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the complex aftermath and legacy of this mass adoption. #OperationBabylift #VietnamWar #AdopteeStories

Uniquely adoptee experience: Your dad that you’ve never met in person is the only one you’ve spoken to that knows your mom (from 60 years ago) and tells you your mom is great and you’re going to love her when you meet her in person. 🤯(and he was right!)
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Many adoptees didn’t need new parents because their parents are great. What those adoptees needed was for their parents to have support so they could’ve stayed with their parents. #adoptee #adopteestories

So, is there a crash course on how to prepare to meet your parents at 59 yo? Adoptee friends, help!
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Special to gather with fellow adoptees at the @adopteelitfestival. Deeply honored to be featured on their Sizzle Reel, and to be the first reader. . #adopteelitfest2025 #adopteestories #adopteewriters #adopteevoices #adoption #adoptee #transracial #adopted #adopt
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A new post is up on www.myadoptedlife.com exploring some of the most noteworthy #adoptionbooks released by #authors in the #adoption community in #2024. #adopteesky #adoptionresources #books #memoir #adopteestories #author #reunion #adoptees #birthmothers #writingcommunity

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I met my biological dad this summer and he and my husband bonded instantly. Having these two men in my life is one of the greatest honors of my life ♥️ #adoption #adoptiontrauma #adopteestories

BuzzFeed just gave my essay a second life. It’s about unraveling the complexities of my family’s unexpected history. Though the headline isn't mine - I stand by the essay! #adopteestories #essays #writingcommunity #writers
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I am excited to share that my #onsub #manuscript for my #memoir about my #blackmarket #adoption is among 10 finalists selected for the #BakwinAward for Full-Length Prose by Blair Publishing. Congrats to the nine others also selected. The final 10, mine #bakwin #bakwinaward #longlist #adopteestories