The Campfire Project
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Living the Legacy of Australia’s Forced Adoption Era
Today, we’re sharing something very close to my heart.
A little while ago, Kim and I sat down with Alan Stevens from The Campfire Project
for a truly open, honest, and deeply emotional conversation.
We spoke about our journey:
her conception,
my fears, choices, and hopes,
our lives lived apart,
the longing, the wondering, the waiting…
and our reunion.
Not just the moment we met again, but everything that followed.
The silence. The assumptions. The aching gaps between us.
And the healing that only began when we stopped trying to make up for lost time and
started understanding the trauma we had both carried for decades.
Nothing about this was scripted.
It was simply Kim and me, side by side, sharing the emotional fingerprint of our journey.
Not just as mother and daughter, but as two women navigating the space and sometime distance between us.
If you’ve ever wondered what adoption looks like decades later…
Or how reconnection feels when the world says “move on” but your heart can’t…
We invite you to listen.
Because adoption doesn’t end at placement.
It echoes across a lifetime.
Whether you’re an adoptee, a biological parent, an adoptive parent,
or someone who loves them, we hope this conversation brings greater awareness and deeper compassion.
Watch our conversation below.
And if it resonates, we’d be so grateful if you shared it with someone who might need to hear it.
