Adoptee Tells

04/16/2026

💟 Our perspectives may vary, and isn't it wonderful?

Being an adoptee has given me a distinct lens through which I view life, shaped by my earliest moments.

Relinquished at birth and immediately separated from my birth mother, my life began in a fight-or-flight mode. I was put in an incubator and stayed in the hospital (I think) for about a week until my adoptive parents brought me home.

This journey, though marked by trauma, has been a path of growth and self-understanding.

Reunion with my biological families has been a blessing, and writing has been my way to process and share my emotions.

You can read more about my experiences at

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I've recently restarted my writing and joined back up with my writing coach, Anne Heffron .

I'm excited for what's to come.

So, for now, let's shift the narrative; it's time the world understands the real story of adoption.

It's not just about being grateful for a second chance; it's about acknowledging every part of my journey and the millions of others - yes, millions - of closed adoptions during the Baby Scoop Era (1960s-1974).

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04/10/2026

Go Anne Heffron 💪

As I had hoped, there is something so strengthening about living in an Airstream surrounded by growing things, owning few possessions. My brain has space to see itself and to find out what feels true. Life force energy, the thing that sparks us to life transcends the idea of love. Love is mutable in our culture. Life force energy has been with us from the start. It is what makes us us. Adoption can cause a lot of static in our understanding of ourselves. But at the end of the day, we rage with the power and miracle of life.

12/17/2025

Yup!

10/23/2025

Thank you Anne Heffron for posting about this ❤️ JUST WOW 🏆💪

After being named CNN Hero, Maggie Doyne, guardian to over fifty Nepalese children, faces a devastating loss. Following a chance encounter amidst her grief, ...

07/22/2025

👉Tomorrow I turn 53 years old.

My first birthday after waking up from the fog of being relinquished—and it hits different this year. If you're confused at this point, go back and read What is the Primal Wound. I won't re-explain it here, but know this: once you see it, you can’t unsee it, and birthdays start to feel like emotional landmines.

Over the last six months, I’ve spent hours on the phone with my biological father. It was just this past January that he acknowledged I was his daughter—first through his own memory, and then through a DNA test that left no doubt.......
🔗 https://blogging.godaddy.com/blog/90c2b5ce-5002-4acd-9825-c82e0d3aa07e/posts/50e8f5fd-e431-406b-a0d2-680974fd75b3

04/13/2025

"....I was pinned between the left rear wheel tire of a tow truck and a one foot high cement retaining wall that held up our neighbor's white picket fence."
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04/13/2025

💙 Spring Susie in my blue gingham beachwear

03/26/2025

🛬 "After landing at the San Diego airport, I picked up my rental car. I soon began the hour-long drive to Temecula where a new bio discovery of my Aunt and Uncle lived......" 🫶

It was the beginning of December, and quite possibly the beginnings of a life changing journey for myself. I had booked a flight to arrive in San Diego to meet a small handful of my newly discovered paternal family membe...

03/26/2025

Discover me, Susie Tell, a storyteller and adult adoptee.....

Stay informed with the latest updates while I navigate meeting my bio family and "unpack" 52 years of a story I told myself over and over again, but it turns out it wasn't MY truth at all!

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With Love,

Susie Tell

02/08/2025

🚨"You have a NEW close paternal family member match....."

You have a new close PATERNAL family match! The title of the email from Ancestry sat there in my INBOX, staring at me.