Secluded This First Year

This month’s featured article comes from guest writer Terri Dreismeier. The TKF team recently had the privilege of meeting with Terri to learn about her son Adam’s life, the unexpected journey of grief she’s navigating after his death, and the profound impact Adam will continue to have on the world. We are proud to be able to share Terri’s article here: Secluded This First Year – Centering Grief Resources

About the Author:

Terri Dreismeier, lost her son Adam at the age of 22 to suicide. He was attending graduate school in New York. Like many transracial adoptees, Adam (Jang, Soo Ho Korean birth name) had been struggling with identity, acceptance, and belonging. Terri is currently a graduate student at UNO in the Advanced Writing Certificate program. She is finding healing and understanding through writing and is uniting Adam’s and her voice in helping other adoptees who might be experiencing loss and grief from abandonment. Adam wanted to heal beyond medicine. Terri was recently published in the anthology Adoption and Suicidality by Beth Syverson and Joseph Nakao, and spoke at KAMP (Korean Adoptee Means Power) held in Pella, Iowa.