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Podcast: Mind Your Own Karma - Beyond The Bandage
Episode: S2E14 DONNA MARIE'S ADOPTION STORY: MIXED-RACE ADOPTEE, THE LOSS OF A BIRTH PARENT, AND HOW ADOPTION CAN AFFECT THE ADOLESCENT
Description: ***WARNING!!! THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES SUICIDE, ABUSE AND ADOPTION TRAUMA.Â
Donna Marie Joseph was with her birth mother for a few months before she was taken and adopted by wonderful parents that loved and raised her as their own. The only problem was, Donna was a mixed race child and her parents were both white. Donna discusses how this affected her growing up, and how even though she was raised in a loving household that hosted many foster children, she felt alone.Â
At the age of 12, Donna felt the primal urge to see a...