wendyNov 21, 2022
Tony Corsentino 
#adoption #AdopteeVoices #NAAM
There is no honest discussion of adoption that does not include a discussion of the horror that is its precondition: severance.
Nov 21, 2022 at 1:16amMetatext
Show threadCentral & Western Archive/GLAMNov 21, 2022
@corsent Kia ora for sharing this... makes perfect sense. I was not adopted, but fostered after escaping a so called "christian" cult, which was anything but. My own mother was forced to cut me off, to act as if I had never been born. I could not understand and hated her for many years, until I realized the amount of patriarchal control and fear the cult priests exuded over members like her. She was so terrified of going to hell for loving her child, she denied ever having given birth to me. 😭
Show threadTony Corsentino Nov 21, 2022
@CentralAndWesternArchiveGLAM no words for this 💔
Show threadCentral & Western Archive/GLAMNov 21, 2022
@corsent Kia ora thank you...It was pretty brutal. I've worked through much of it, but never really understood fully, until I read what you wrote and my heart broke for her (and for myself too.) I guess realizing something this deep will potentially be healing. Even though I usually feel I have gotten past it, it's times like these when I realize the loss is still buried. So appreciate your putting that quote up there, you never know how something you show or say can help others. Arohanui (love)
Show threadTony Corsentino Nov 21, 2022
@CentralAndWesternArchiveGLAM ❤️