Adoptee Tells

06/11/2026

⚠️ Warning: Work in Progress....
My unsolicited advice; Pick up a barbell and you will feel so much better 💪❤️






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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

🔗 www.susietell.com.

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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.