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Introduction | Jay Barbanel
Through writing, Jay plans to explore adoption, identity, grief, reunion and the lifelong process to understanding where we come from and who we become along the way.
Jay Barbanel
10 June 2026
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There Is No Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. III)
It’s necessary to go through that period of rage but it’s important to not get stuck there forever.
Danielle Bolduc
26 June 2023
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The Emotional Side Of My Birth Mother Tatiana
One thing that I have always found a little different is the relationship with my birth mother Tatiana. I remember getting in contact with her for the first time at the start of 2013.
Alex Gilbert
30 July 2018
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Introduction | Jay Barbanel
Through writing, Jay plans to explore adoption, identity, grief, reunion and the lifelong process to understanding where we come from and who we become along the way.
Jay Barbanel
10 June 2026
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There Is No Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. III)
It’s necessary to go through that period of rage but it’s important to not get stuck there forever.
Danielle Bolduc
26 June 2023
There Is No Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. 2)
I think the start of my healing journey started once I received my file in June 2019 and from then on, I was able to recognise things more clearly and understand life events and my journey.
Danielle Bolduc
14 June 2023
There is no Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. 1)
It’s difficult growing up when one doesn’t understand or know what’s happening on the inside but it certainly affects life.
Danielle Bolduc
2 June 2023
Split Up: Life Without Siblings Pt. III
I will forever keep trying no matter how long or how many years pass by. They are my brothers and they hold a special place in my heart regardless of me never having met them.
Danielle Bolduc
9 January 2023
Split Up: Life Without Siblings Pt. II
It was not until I was eighteen that I got to see all three of my younger sisters at their foster home.
Danielle Bolduc
6 January 2023
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