by chris | Jan 23, 2022 | My Adoption Story
“Hi, I’m your cousin Reece. I hate to tell you this over an email, but your mother has passed away. Diane didn’t think we knew about you, but we did and we really want to meet you.” There was a lot more to this email, and I cannot believe I didn’t save it or have...
by chris | Jan 16, 2022 | My Adoption Story
Throughout my post secondary years of school I made several trips to my reserve. I never went straight to the band office but rather took many tours around to see the different houses and businesses. I always had a blank canvas to imagine who my family...
by chris | Jan 9, 2022 | My Adoption Story
I have always known I was adopted and Indigenous but that was about it. Was I curious over the years? Yes, but was almost nervous to find out more because the unknown might hurt. All that I had coming from foster care was this snap shot health record and not much...
by chris | Dec 31, 2021 | My Adoption Story
This story will tell one of the most monumental times of my life, meeting my one and only blood sister, Linda. We are not actually twins by birth, but no one could ver question or twin like similarities! I’ve been telling the story of my family I grew up with, shared...
by chris | Dec 19, 2021 | My Adoption Story
Donna, my sister that is closest in age, adopted into this family a few years before me, yet somehow we were treated as a second set of twins. We were a team, a pair, two peas in a pod, yet different in so many ways. Donna is inquisitive, extremely curious,...
