The Me Inside
A social network for adults affected by adoption
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Dan Rather Report: Adopted or Abducted
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UK Adoption Policy etc
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Contacting Your Birth Parents? – Just some thoughts.
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This site offers adult adoptees and those affected by adoption, an opportunity to share their experiences in a safe and supportive community. It's a place to unleash our creativity and explore the psychology of our adoption stories in a way that is meaningful to each of us.
There are life long consequences of being adopted or giving up a child to adoption and our individual journeys are all different. For some they are the journey of dreams and for others the journey of nightmares.
The one thing adoptees have in common is that we were not brought up by our first mother, the one who gave us life. So whilst the journeys and destinations are all different the fundamental sense of finding The Me Inside is a common bond between us.
For those of us that have been a first mother there is is often a sense of wondering 'what if' and for many women this feeling remains. Many spend years searching or waiting for their child to find them. Some have the most wonderful reunions whilst others find further heartache.
We can never predict how our lives will turn out or how we will feel as we meet each new and complex challenge. Wherever our individual journey takes us it is important that we each feel confident to express our feelings and thoughts so we can each make sense of who we are.
It is the intention that The Me Inside will offer a forum for us to do that.
Whether you are adopted, a first mother or an adoptive parent The Me Inside welcomes you.
ADOPTION QUOTES
“Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone,
but still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
you didn’t grow under my heart, but in it.”
– Unknown
Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It’s something quite magical.
-Nicole Kidman
By choice, we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being. Great expectations are good; great experiences are better.
-Richard Fischer
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Posted by Dabeshim on January 12, 2012 at 10:20 0 Comments 0 Likes
Rather than begin a new, separate blog here please refer to my current ongoing Dabeshim's Journal at http://anunrequitedlife.wordpress.com/ Thanks!
Love,
Dabeshim
An Adoption Journey: From Trauma to Healing
Posted by Rebecca Hawkes on December 15, 2011 at 15:31 2 Comments 1 Like
My journey with adoption began before I was born. It was the 1960s and teenage pregnancy was still a hush-hush topic, shrouded in shame. “How could you do this to me?” -- that’s what my biological grandmother said when she found out my birth mother was pregnant. Though my birth mother was an academic achiever, she was not allowed to graduate with her high school class because she was beginning to show. Instead, she was whisked into hiding in a nearby city, where she spent the next several…
Continue My new blog post in the lead up to National Adoption Week in the UK
Posted by Jo on October 14, 2011 at 22:26 0 Comments 0 Likes
Genetic Mirroring: The Missing Piece for Many Adoptees
Posted by Rebecca Hawkes on September 4, 2011 at 1:00 1 Comment 1 Like
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