Last weekend, I had the immense honor of being the keynote speaker at the very first national Chinese adoptee conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (plus two Canadian Chinese adoptees). In total, […]
To my Chinese adoptee friends and kin who became United States citizens under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 and have not traveled outside of the U.S. with a passport […]
I was adopted from Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China on June 17, 1997. I was three years old at the time and unable to anticipate what dramatic life changes were in […]
In this interview, I talk about my adoption story as a movie, the meaning behind the name of my blog, give advice to my younger self, and reveal what is healing for me these days. Watch the video below or read the full interview transcript.
I’m happy to share with you all that JaeRan Kim and I were recently interviewed for a new episode of the Adapted podcast by Kaomi Lee. We discuss our entry […]
This past Tuesday, I received a phone call that I could have never expected. “Hi Grace, we have some really hard news to share,” my friend’s mother said, “Helen died.” […]
In the summer of 2022, I was interviewed for an article about the experiences of Asian American adoptees in the Midwest. I was recently notified of a shift in the […]
I’m writing this post in the upstairs office of my new house the weekend before my first set of PhD classes begin. With the deadlines of home-buying paperwork, a cross-state […]
He took my hand and led me through a small wooded area that opened up to a beautiful beach. To the left, lush green flora climbed up the sides of […]
Hello all, If you’ve been following my social media, you’ve seen hints about this post in my “soft launch.” I am so excited to finally share with you this paper […]
Red Thread Broken 