News — Adoptee Strong
I'm Adopted - Ask Me How It Feels
Posted by Adoptee Merch. on
This graphic design was inspired from a vision to promote Adoptees to turn the tides on non-adoptees speaking for us. It’s a way to spark an open dialog with those OFFLINE in our real lives and communities to share how it feels to be adopted. It’s another way to speak up and share our stories because we matter and our stories matter. It’s a way to share our truth as we see it by sparking conversations with others. This gives us a gateway to share our truth but also opens a window of a possible teaching opportunity for anyone who’s not adopted who might have the willingness to learn from our very valuable lived experiences.
Adoptee Strong
Posted by Adoptee Merch. on
The purpose for creating an "Adoptee Strong" graphic and adoptee merchandise with Adoptee Strong on it is to remind adoptees that yes, they are strong. It's also to let the world know being an adoptee WE HAVE TO BE STRONG!
This might make non-adoptees ask themselves, "Wow, what is this adoptee strong from? I thought adoption was a wonderful thing?"
We're Adoptee Strong for surviving abandonment and rejection, heartache, heartbreak, trauma, grief and loss from our adoption experiences. We're Adoptee Strong for being in a world that glorifies our pain because in adoption as far as the world can see, everything is all pink and fluffy.