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Finding My Place: Understanding Identity as an Adoptee
Where do I fit in? Where is my 'home?' Why do I feel displaced so easily? Where are the people who are like me? Who 'get' me? Will I spend my entire life questioning where I belong? Why can't I be like other people and fit in easily? Why have I spent my entire life with a void I didn't understand until I experienced grief? Recognising this lifelong companion of sadness and loss doesn't make it any easier. Something was broken, torn apart and I don't know what it feels lik

Claire Wortley
May 44 min read
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Singing: my vulnerable soul
I have loved music since I can remember. Growing up in a house where people came to learn the piano, where classical music was often played on the record player and everyday church music was practiced for the Sunday morning service.

Claire Wortley
Jan 25 min read
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Time to leave the party
As an adult, I noticed that being a so called 'extrovert' became fashionable.

Claire Wortley
Aug 3, 20205 min read
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To be pushy or patient?
Push for all your worth to get to the front of the line, be the one they pick by getting noticed.

Claire Wortley
Jun 5, 20203 min read
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Mirror Mirror
2014 Stand in front of a mirror, look yourself in the eyes and say 'I love you.' As I stood in front of the mirror I couldn't help but...

Claire Wortley
Apr 28, 20205 min read
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