Is there space for all our voices? November is designated as a month for adoption conversations. Not too many years ago, it was expressly considered a celebration of adoption. We now know that it is a much more complex and difficult conversation for adopted people, birth parents, and yes, for adoptive parents, too. Adoption includes separation, and that grief and loss is often held ambiguously, without recognition or understanding. For many transracial and/or inter-country adoptees the liminal space between cultures and ethnicities can be an enduring challenge. We now have many more opportunities for access to support and resources. Some spaces are large, and others intimate, and I hope that everyone who feels the need, will keep checking in, until they find that safe, representative space to “just be you”.
Angela Gee, MFT
