Shannon QuistinAdoptee FeelsSo You Want To Ask An Adoptee QuestionsOver the past year, as I’ve gradually gotten acquainted with the #adoptee space and begun contributing to it, the questions started up…4 min read·Sep 7, 2021--1--1
Shannon QuistinAdoptee FeelsPhone Calls & Letters: An Adoptee Reunion Update3 min read·Aug 15, 2021----
Shannon QuistinAdoptee FeelsThe Little DuckOnce upon a time, there was a little duck. The mama duck had left her little duck with a family of turtles and was lost after that. The…2 min read·Jul 18, 2021----
Shannon QuistinAdoptee FeelsWhat’s Wrong With Adoption?I must have started at least five of these adoptee-themed posts, all different stories, ideas, thoughts. Noteworthy though they all might…4 min read·Jul 10, 2021----
Shannon QuistinReflection Series for Rose’s LocketTo everybody who has ever asked an adoptee about their views on abortion —You may have thought that you knew what my answer might have been when you asked how I, an adoptee, felt about abortion.4 min read·Apr 1, 2021----
Shannon QuistinReflection Series for Rose’s LocketBreaking the Adoptee’s Curse of Bad Birthday LuckHow do you tell a story with no beginning? How do you celebrate an event without the story of that event?4 min read·Mar 20, 2021--1--1
Shannon QuistinReflection Series for Rose’s LocketFor These Sins, I Will Not Apologize“Don’t ask my opinion / Don’t ask me to lie / Then beg for forgiveness / For making you cry / …4 min read·Jan 23, 2021----
Shannon QuistinReflection Series for Rose’s LocketPublishing DayOn the day that my book published, it had been almost two months since I’d looked at my book.3 min read·Jan 16, 2021----
Shannon QuistinReflection Series for Rose’s LocketA Letter To My Former SelfDear 13-year-old Shannon,3 min read·Jan 10, 2021----
Shannon QuistinReflection Series for Rose’s LocketThe Beauty in the Breakdown“Cause I just couldn’t open up, I’m always shifting.” — “Hallucinogenics” by Matt Maeson4 min read·Jan 2, 2021----