Dear You: An Adoption Letter Project
”Letters The Heal, Words That Connect”
This is a space for adoptee, birth parents, adoptive, families, and siblings to share their stories in their own words. We believe that writing is a powerful tool for healing, connection, and understanding. Our goal is to give voice to the emotions, challenges, and cramps of the emotion, the adoption journey, whether it’s love, loss, graduate, or unanswered questions.
By featuring these letters, we hope to foster empathy, spark, meaningful conversations, and create a community where every experience is honored whether you choose to share or with your name, your story matters, and it has the power to help others feel seen heard and less alone.
Enjoy our featured letters below and keep scrolling to learn more!
Write a Letter to Your Adoption Connection!
We understand the complexities of adoption and how important it can be to express what’s in your heart. That’s why we’re giving you the opportunity to write a letter to your birth mom, birth dad, birth child, adoptive parents, adoptive children, siblings, etc.
Whether you’re an adoptee, birth parent, sibling, or part of an adoptive family, this space is for you! You can share your thoughts, emotions, and experiences-anonymously or with your name attached. It’s completely up to you if you want your letter to be featured or kept private.
Why Write a Letter?
Research shows that expressive writing can help people process difficult emotions, reduce stress, and promote healing.
Healing
It’s a way to process your feelings and find healing.
Foster Understanding
It can help others understand the adoption journey from a unique perspective. It can help yourself discover your own truth.
Support
Your words have power! They can provide support and encouragement to someone in a similar situation.
Don’t want to write a letter?
There are so many ways a story can be expressed. A letter may be too intense or not the right format— learn more on how you can share as much or as little of your story as possible in whichever format you want.
Your story matters and we want to hear it!
Submission Guidelines
Be Honest & Authentic
There’s no right or wrong way to share your feelings.
Keep it Respectful
While emotions can be raw, please avoid language that could harm others.
Choose your level of anonymity
Let us know if you’d like your letter to be anonymous, signed with your name, or featured with a pseudonym.
Word Count
Letters can be as short as a few sentences or up to 1,000 words.
Our why
Adoption is more than a legal process—it’s a lifelong journey that shapes identity, relationships, and emotional well-being. Yet, adoptee voices are overlooked in the conversation.
Understand Adoption was created by an adoptee to bring truth, education, and real experiences to the forefront.
This space is dedicated to amplifying adoptee voices, fostering honest communication, and helping families navigate adoption with openness and understanding.
Whether you’re an adopted an adopted parent, a birth parent, or just looking to learn this blog is a place for real conversations and meaningful insights.
Helping You Navigate The Unspoken Side Of Adoption
With in-depth articles, guides and interviews, we offer a space to learn and grow empowering individuals and families to make informed and compassionate choices.
Whether you’re a prospective adoptive parent at birth, parent or adoptee or someone supporting a loved one this blog is your ultimate resource join us as we shine a light on the beauty challenges, and transformative power of adoption.
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Dear You: An Adoption Letter Project
Have you ever wanted to say something to your birth mom, birth dad, birth child, adoptive parents, or siblings but didn’t know how? Here’s your chance. Write a letter-anonymous or not-and share your story, your feelings, and your heart.
“Letters That Heal, Words That Connect”
fostering meaningful conversations