Light of Day Stories/Maureen McCauley

I'm an adoptive parent, promoting voices of adoptees & first parents. I write about adoption & its complexity, from that perspective.

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Re-upping this as a call for help for a fellow adoptee who is a financial bind, with rent due today. I hope we can help. https://t.co/sKkIl611UZ

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Adoption Mosaic's "Seasoned Parents" class starts soon for #adoptive parents whose children are 18+. Adoption has changed a lot in the last few decades. We talk about #grief, #trauma, #race, #resilience, #money, #communication, & more.

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@AdoptionMosaic's "Seasoned Parents" course begins soon for adoptive parents whose children are over 18. The complexity of #adoption continues over a lifetime. #Adoptees, you may want to share this with your parents. Adoptive parents, join us.

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"Rampant #adoption fraud" in Korean adoptions over decades. https://t.co/dcmxhFID1L

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Chinese #adoptees should be the go-to experts to talk about China's decision to end intercountry #adoption. There are a variety of perspectives and concerns, plus opportunities to weigh in. It is a significant historic event w/many ramifications.

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Check out "Be Grateful or Be Quiet: Confronting the Epistemic Harms of Adoption," by Michele Merritt, PhD and #adoptee. Thoughtful, insightful analysis of the marginalization of adopted people and the resulting harms and hidden injustices of #adoption. https://t.co/hy0Qwg1IDk

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Reading a good book reminds me that I can sustain attention on something without feeling the need to look at a device or three. I'm a third through "The Frozen River" by Ariel Lawhon. It's great. Gotta love that historical fiction when you're living in a time of absurd realism.

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It is interesting to see who is grieving that #adoptions have closed from #China, and who is heartened. Within those two camps, who holds power and privilege in society? Whose voices are we listening to? Who's being quoted in news reports? Agencies, parents, #adoptees?

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#GuatemalaAdoptees #Adoptees #ApologiesToAdoptees #FraudulentAdoptions

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#AdopteeMedicalHistory #Adoptees #AdoptiveParents

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End #AdopteeDeportation.

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#InternationalAdoptees #deportation #AdopteeCitizenship

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Korean Court Dismisses Government Liability, But Orders Holt to Pay Compensation to Adam Crapser https://t.co/sWkWtpxksH

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Ethiopian Adoptees in Addis Gather to Discuss “Lions Roaring Far From Home” https://t.co/4wbUYucReK

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Judgement on Adam Crapser’s Suit Against Holt and South Korea Could Be Announced Tuesday https://t.co/e5OLtdglj3

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Thinking of Hanna Williams on the 12th Anniversary of Her Death https://t.co/LrH8DyC25m

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The Loneliness of Deported Adoptees https://t.co/0PvwbpskmH

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Australia Calls for More Research on Suicide and Adoption https://t.co/zVdo3yZNGW

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“Lions Roaring” Anthology at Conference of Black German Research and History Association https://t.co/R0adZkwQ8B