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We Come From A Place Not So Safe by Paula Free
We Come From A Place Not So Safe by Paula Free, Adoptee The Darkness Inside Me There is a quiet rage burning through my soul. It’s lived inside me for years. Buried. Deep beneath the layers of abandonment, rejection, worthlessness, self-pity, and self-hate. I’m...
Foster Challenge Fundraiser May 5, 2020
Did you know that there are over 500,000 kids in the Foster Care system across the country??? Through the amazing collaborative efforts of Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire and his Music is Unity Foundation and Korean Adoptee, Founder and President, Holly Choon...
Attachment Parenting: Building Safety & Trust With Foster & Adopted Children/Teens by Jeanette Yoffe
This article was published in Fostering Families Today Magazine November/December 2019 I am always thinking of ways "out of the box" and "practical tools" to help families understand the "inner world" of foster and adopted children. Because this inner world is...
My Journey As An Alcoholic and Adoptee By Miguel Caballero
AA & Adoption "Here is something I have believed about myself and my adoption since I was a child, since before I knew I was an alcoholic: My birth mother took one look at me and knew that I was worthless and unlovable and unredeemable. She didn’t want to...
Adopt Salon Constellation West Los Angeles Support Group
Pre/Post Foster Care & Adoption Constellation Support Group Sign Up for our Monthly Newsletter: CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE Adopt Salon was developed and is supported by the CELIA CENTER, a non-profit Adoption, and Foster Care Support organization. An open support...
A First Birth Mother’s Heartfelt Poetry by Alison
5 hours left...to tell my parents about you.. Today mocks my delicate mood The clouds cry for me and together we brood The air is calm and comfortable But inside there’s a storm My inside is real but outside I must perform Everything is bleak and gray My problems...