Nicole Johnson

Adult Adoptee trying to figure out this reunion thing

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

#HurricaneMichael can you not? This wind is intense

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

@Kairbear87 Be safe, I'm just south of Atlanta and the windy is pretty nasty here already

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

@tam540 Where in GA are you?

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

@jamescharles @KevinBojorquezz Im allergic to coconut any suggestions on replacement for that?

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

#beingadoptedmeans missing my children’s milestones cut so much deeper than most

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

@howtobeadopted @myshadyroots @haleyradke @WAIReally I’m episode 58 ☺️

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

@LisaSReeves I don’t expect to hear from her at all, I know my grandparents will call so I’m looking forward to that at least my birthday has always been a sore spot for me

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

Is this year’s birthday going to be more difficult because I’ve returned and she’s still not speaking to me? #adoptionreunion #secondaryrejection #adoption

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

Are there any other #adoptees out there that clung to other #birthmothers on forums before you found your own? Hoping that she’d want you ask badly to return as they did their children?

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

You should be grateful to never have to know the pain of #adoptiontrauma to never wonder why she gave you up to never wonder where your #birthfamily is and to never have to experience #secondaryrejection -6

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

I guess my mom thought it was nice but she shared an #adoptees video to his birthmother on my page -1

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

I’m tired of that stupid grateful #adoptee shit are you all #grateful to not be torn away from your #birthfamily because y’all are the ones who should be grateful -5

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

I get it, hearing an #adoptee ranting about #adoptiontrauma and #grief unpacks the pretty bow that society has packed #adoption in but these are our truths, this is our grief this is our #loss and our stories are #valid

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

@Ihateadoption What’s baffling is “my oldest won’t brush his teeth” is a normal parenting problem it has nothing to do with him being adopted and they don’t seem to get that

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

It’s random texts like this that make the bad adoption days feel less heavy #adoptionreunion

[Nicole Johnson @IWasRHB]

Will knowing that my birthday is the only day she allows herself to grieve make it harder for me to celebrate? Even though my birthday has always been a difficult day for me thinking about her? #adoption