Slide descriptions

  • Slide one: White background with a dusty pink square box. Large gray text reads “What adoptees wish you knew.” Two white decorative lines appear above and below the text.
  • Slide two: White background with a light gray square box. Gray text reads “Everyone's story is different, and everyone has a different relationship with their trauma.” Two white decorative lines appear above and below the text.
  • Slide three: White background with a light pink square box. Gray text reads “That while I love my adoptive parents, I sometimes wonder what my life would have been like with my birth family.” Two white decorative lines appear above and below the text.
  • Slide four: White background with a light gray square box. Gray text reads “Family tree and ancestry-related assignments in school can be awkward for us.” Two white decorative lines appear above and below the text.
  • Slide five: White background with a light pink square box. Gray text reads “It's rude to refer to my birth parents as my ‘real parents.’” Two white decorative lines appear above and below the text.
  • Slide six: White background with a light gray square box. Gray text reads “It's also hard and not only something to be thankful for.” Two white decorative lines appear above and below the text.
  • Slide seven: White background with a light pink square box. Gray text reads “It's not easy going to an all-white school with kids constantly making comments about you.” Two white decorative lines appear above and below the text.