Hi! My name is Heather Nguyen and I was born sometime in the summer of 1974 at the tail end of the Viet Nam war. I don’t know where I was born or how I came to be found, but I was. I spent the first 9 months of my life in Vietnamese orhpanages before [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘introduction’
May 20, 2008
Introduction: Juli
Hello world!
I am Juli Jeong Martin, formerly known as Hye Won Jeong. According to my file, I was born June 25, 1985 in Lee, South Korea.
I was adopted by white parents as an infant, arriving in JFK airport December 28, 1985. I lived until I was two and a half in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, and then [...]
May 19, 2008
Welcome to the Parent’s Corner!
Hello all,
My name is Juli and I am the founder of Grinding Up Stones: the Asian Adoptee ‘Zine. Although GUS is meant to be a space for adoptees, I felt it was important to provide resources for adoptive parents, as well. Here, adoptive parents can submit questions and receive answers from three different adoptees, each [...]
May 19, 2008
Ground Rules
First, a few ground rules:
1) Speak from the ‘I’. This is one of my favorites. Don’t assume that you represent an entire community, and likewise don’t assume that one person can speak for a group.
2) Respect other people’s process. We’re all individuals here, and our lives are informed by our experiences and positionality.
3) Assume good [...]
