the strength to protect what matters
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the strength to protect what matters
international adoption is a tricky topic bc on one hand i was internationally adopted and my family is very loving and supporting but also there’s still the people who adopt children internationally from other countries as white saviors only to realize their child is a human being that WILL act out at times and won’t be the perfect little doll for them to tote around and garner attention with. and those are the parents that usually end up severely abusing and traumatizing their children
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Leonardo can remember seeing him once, about sixteen, with his left eye blackened and swelled shut so intensely that it hurt to look at, and there must have been a shadow of concern on his face, because Primo looked at him and said, “What?” and then, “Do you want to match?” His father was as cruel as him, the same prowling, righteous anger just under the surface, like a deposed king. They even looked alike, the same vulture faces and cool green eyes, only Primo seems to wear it better. Primo is still told sometimes by those who knew him that he looks just like his father, God rest his soul.
God would have an easy job of that, Leonardo thinks every time he’s there to hear it.
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important cee things to consider
celia’s first husband literally beat Cecelia within an inch of her life multiple times and it was only after two years of physical abuse she thought? god this man might accidentally kill me and amicably divorced him
cecelia’s second husband bad-mouthed her to the press and accused her of being unprofessional and she straight up murdered him
concept: i processed my childhood abuse and neglect in a healthy way. i didn't go online and spend years lying constantly and grubbing for attention and inflicting my unhealthy coping mechanisms on people. i apologised instead of abandoning my friends and never doing anything ever again for fear of being embarrassing.
boy I wish I had not been abused until performative self hatred and contrition for everything I do became my only option for like, survival, and stuff,
i need to get out of here like. i'm literally hiding in my bedroom hoping that she doesn't come down here and start screaming and hitting me