{"id":5540,"date":"2021-02-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lillyfei.com\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2021-02-06T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T20:46:00","slug":"my-adoption-story-showing-more-compassion-towards-adopted-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lillyfei.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/16\/my-adoption-story-showing-more-compassion-towards-adopted-people\/","title":{"rendered":"My Adoption Story | Showing More Compassion Towards Adopted People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MY ADOPTION STORY PT. 99 | &#8220;NORMALIZING&#8221; TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;NORMALIZING&quot; TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION | MY ADOPTION STORY PT. 99\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XFCASp1uT3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I say &#8220;normalize&#8221; transracial adoption, I mean let&#8217;s normalize compassion for transracial adoptees. 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