Episode 31: What Adoptees Wish We Knew
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2017
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Lynne Ellis-Gray knows what it feels like to wonder about biological parents. Adopted as a baby, her parents did the “right” things by sharing her story in a positive way and made her feel chosen and wanted. As she grew, she wondered and explored for information about her birth mother. Her interest in adoption led her to write her master’s thesis on adoption issues that adoptees face. What she found is eye-opening and can be very helpful for adoptive and foster parents, as well as adult adoptees who still find certain things trigger feelings that are based deep inside.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:07.0 | My birth mother was a young teenager. |
| 0:26.6 | I kind of want to know her story. |
| 0:44.7 | I'm going to know her story. Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:46.7 | Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:52.8 | You can find out more about today's episode by visiting the forgotteninitiative.org slash S3E6, season three, episode six. |
| 0:59.5 | My guest today, Dr. Lynn Ellis Gray brings great practical help to us as parents and caregivers |
| 1:06.1 | of kids who've been adopted, whether out of foster care or otherwise. Dr. Lynn is an adult |
| 1:12.9 | adoptee who is also adopted a little girl internationally. She is a pastor at Overlake Christian |
| 1:19.4 | Church for Serve the World. Her passion for people, God's call in their lives, and his story |
| 1:26.0 | in the world are reoccurring themes in her conversations |
| 1:29.4 | as she empowers people to take steps of faith. Lynn, her husband and daughter live in Woodvenville, |
| 1:36.4 | Washington. Well, as an adoptive mom myself, this episode was very inspiring and insightful for me, |
| 1:43.4 | and I think you're going to feel the same. |
| 1:45.5 | So let's not take any more time. |
| 1:47.4 | Here now is my interview with Dr. Lynn Ellis Gray. |
| 1:55.0 | Well, Lynn, thank you so much for being on the podcast with me. |
| 1:59.0 | I'm really excited to get to know you better and for our listeners |
| 2:01.5 | to hear from you. You have a personal experience with adoption. And I would like to start by just |
| 2:09.0 | telling us about your journey. Well, I was adopted as a baby, actually spent the first week of my |
| 2:15.5 | life in the hospital because somehow my mom didn't know |
| 2:18.1 | when my time of birth was going to be. And so they went out of town. It was back in the 60s before |
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