The Unquiet Page

Fire & Truth

Words from the middle of it.
Not the other side.

Essays, reflections, open letters, and honest stories about healing, foster care, adoption, identity, and the hard work of becoming who you were always meant to be.

Saraphina Mare Saraphina Mare

I Came Into This World Set Up for Failure

Born to two teenagers, one in foster care, raised by grandparents who did not both want me, called stupid for years. The statistics said I was not going to make it. Here is what happened instead.

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