Thank you for sharing your life story! Heartbreaking to hear first hand how the system works! Thank you!

Powerful, authentic account of how the system targets people of color and destroys lives and generations. The vulnerability demonstrated by Natasha is inspirational. I learned so much through her story. Thank you!

I just want to say thank you for sharing your story and I pray you continue growing because the world is yours! Your courage is admirable and because of your story, I hope that future adoptees can live in homes that acknowledge their past as part of their story, rather than hiding it. Homes that embrace their culture, celebrate it and educate themselves in it. And homes that acknowledge the pain adoptees feel, regardless of how loved they are by their adoptive families. As an adoptive mom, I want to give my son a loving home that embraces everything about who he is. Praying that our approach of complete openness and honesty leads him into a life of knowing exactly who he is... as our son AND the son of his biological family. Thank you!

Wow, this is a truly impressive podcast. Thank you for sharing your story with us, Natasha.

From the perspective of a foster-mom who loves her 2 girls, this breaks my heart, and angers me simultaneously. It's so hard putting in the time and the hugs— trying to manage the misplaced anger and their relationship with each other and missing their parents or dissappointment when their parents don't show up for visits, but you'll never be a "real mom." It's so hard answering questions about their parents without throwing shade. It's so hard being the one who's there for them day in and day out but not being mommy. My mom didn't love me more than her next drink, which killed her when I was 12 and now I'll never have a mother-daughter relationship because my kids will always cling to the idea of the mom who couldn't give up drugs to be with them. Listening to this I hope to gain some perspective on how to at least make their lives somewhat comfortable and give them hope for the bright future they deserve..

Incredible podcast from an amazing young woman. Much gratitude to you for sharing your story.

Your story was sad, but sadly it happens to too many children in the system. I am sooo sorry this happens to you. You sound like a strong woman. I hope to hear more from you. Thank you for sharing your story!!

If noone has said this to you, I’m so sorry this happened to you and NONE OF IT WAS YOUR FAULT. I hear your anger and it’s heartbreaking because while now you’re an adult, I still hear that child, that baby, that didn’t ask for any of this. I’m going to share this podcast in hopes that it opens the eyes of us all and in this new land of crowd sourcing, foster care should be OUR new battle. Protect those who can’t protect theirselves.