Essay
On grieving a culture you were never given
What the literature calls 'ambiguous loss' has a sound when it lives in your own house.
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The Healing Pause
The Healing Pause is where Dr. Lisa Ali writes about life, love, loss, and healing through her own lens as a transracial adoptee finding her way back to herself and her ancestors. It is honest, personal, and free to subscribe.
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Letter
Notes from a transracial adoptee at forty-two
The body keeps the score, but it also keeps the song. This is what I am learning to listen for.
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A small ritual for the in-between
Not every threshold needs a ceremony. Some need only a window, a candle, and one honest sentence.
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