December 2025 Updates

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Hello! I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the end of the year! I’m still having trouble believing it’s been a year since I started these updates. My December updates are below.

• I published a new fictional essay from the perspective of Wendy Stoneman, an adoptee character I created when I was little. You can read the essay here. I have also been working on a short story that features two adoptee siblings, which has been interesting to explore.


• I have been reading an excellent Silmarillion AU fanfic that takes place in 1970s India by timelessutterances called Prayers to the Broken Stone. It’s fairly accessible for readers unfamiliar with The Silmarillion and delves into politics, history, grief, adoption, and identity in very compelling ways.

Thank you for sticking with me this year! Happy New Year, and please feel free to share your adoptee writing in the comments. This month, I encourage you to support the Barana Hanabneiho Organisation, a youth-led Sudanese organization that provides food, shelter, and education in underprivileged areas of Sudan. I also encourage you to support the Uyghur Wellness Initiative, which provides safe spaces for Uyghur communities, and the “We Got This” program, which is a Milwaukee-based community garden. For more resources and organizations to support, please look here.