A Punch to the Gut | UAM Snapshot 61

A Radiant Newborn Star | UAM Snapshot 83

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 83: Forever Georick Amidst the sharp fragments of a shattered mirror, a voice from the other side whispered a message of short-sightedness and sorrow, finally birthing a radiant newborn star within my soul. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 [https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88] 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically [https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically] 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me [https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me] 🛒 Own the physical book (Takealot): https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777 [https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777] ✨ https://foreverfree.co.za [https://foreverfree.co.za] AUTHOR'S NOTE FROM THE CAVE STUDIO: Recording this in our Cave Studio in Tulbagh, Georick lives in the light of this studio. Keith is at the controls, and Forever Georick is a chapter I will carry until my own passage. ABOUT THIS SNAPSHOT: From the other side of a shattered mirror, a voice whispers a message of short-sightedness and sorrow that births a radiant newborn star within Elmarie's soul. The voluntary decision of a desperate escape and the cosmic merger of forgiveness and starlight are explored. EXPLORE THESE THEMES: #UnAdopticallyMe #ElmarieArnold #AudiobookMemoir #SouthAfricanAuthor #SovereignSoul #StoryOfASurvivor #FreeAudiobook #AuthorNarrated #LiteraryTitanGoldAward #Grief Memoir #Maternal Grief #Complicated Grief #Grief and Healing #Adoption Trauma #Adoptee Healing #Primal Wound #Adoptee Rights #Identity Trauma #Biological Family Search

The Golden Bridge | UAM Snapshot 82

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 82: The Tree I looked at the sentinel of his sanctuary and realized that in the ultimate threshold between life and death, the tree had become the golden bridge for his passage into forever. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 [https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88] 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically [https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically] 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me [https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me] 🛒 Own the physical book (Takealot): https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777 [https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777] ✨ https://foreverfree.co.za [https://foreverfree.co.za] AUTHOR'S NOTE FROM THE CAVE STUDIO: Recording this in our Cave Studio in Tulbagh, trees are a sacred language in this valley. Keith is at the controls, and The Tree is a chapter I narrate in a register of reverence. ABOUT THIS SNAPSHOT: The sentinel tree of a sanctuary becomes the golden bridge of a passage into forever at the ultimate threshold between life and death. The eternal purpose of a silent natural guardian and the cycle of time and hope are examined. EXPLORE THESE THEMES: #UnAdopticallyMe #ElmarieArnold #AudiobookMemoir #SouthAfricanAuthor #SovereignSoul #StoryOfASurvivor #FreeAudiobook #AuthorNarrated #LiteraryTitanGoldAward #Grief Memoir #Maternal Grief #Complicated Grief #Grief and Healing #Adoption Trauma #Adoptee Healing #Primal Wound #Adoptee Rights #Identity Trauma #Biological Family Search

Slaughtering My Words | UAM Snapshot 81

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 81: Remnants Walking through a somber waltz of half-empty wine glasses and artistic wreckage, I stood before a morgue identifying a peaceful face that had finally slaughtered my entire dictionary of words. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 [https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88] 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically [https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically] 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me [https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me] 🛒 Own the physical book (Takealot): https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777 [https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777] ✨ https://foreverfree.co.za [https://foreverfree.co.za] AUTHOR'S NOTE FROM THE CAVE STUDIO: Recording this in our Cave Studio in Tulbagh, remnants are what remain when language fails. Keith is at the controls, and I narrate this chapter in the register of pure survival. ABOUT THIS SNAPSHOT: A morgue visit to identify a peaceful face dissolves Elmarie's entire dictionary of words in a somber waltz of wine glasses and artistic wreckage. The umbilical noose of memory and the strong, broken surrender to finality are explored. EXPLORE THESE THEMES: #UnAdopticallyMe #ElmarieArnold #AudiobookMemoir #SouthAfricanAuthor #SovereignSoul #StoryOfASurvivor #FreeAudiobook #AuthorNarrated #LiteraryTitanGoldAward #Grief Memoir #Maternal Grief #Complicated Grief #Grief and Healing #Adoption Trauma #Adoptee Healing #Primal Wound #Adoptee Rights #Identity Trauma #Biological Family Search

A Savage Animal's Bellow | UAM Snapshot 80

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 80: Hourglass Shattered A dark and depraved force ripped the heart from my chest in a single sweep, leaving my spirit to seep into the sands of an utter annihilation I could only describe as a savage animal's bellow. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 [https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88] 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically [https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically] 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me [https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me] 🛒 Own the physical book (Takealot): https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777 [https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777] ✨ https://foreverfree.co.za [https://foreverfree.co.za] AUTHOR'S NOTE FROM THE CAVE STUDIO: Recording this in our Cave Studio in Tulbagh, this chapter is narrated with full reverence for the depth of what was lost. Keith is here, and his presence is the only reason I can speak these words. ABOUT THIS SNAPSHOT: In Un-Adoptically Me's most devastating snapshot, a dark and depraved force shatters Elmarie's hourglass in a single sweep, reducing her spirit to a savage animal's bellow in the sands of annihilation. The desecration of the soul's sanctuary and the abyss of unendurable despair are examined. EXPLORE THESE THEMES: #UnAdopticallyMe #ElmarieArnold #AudiobookMemoir #SouthAfricanAuthor #SovereignSoul #StoryOfASurvivor #FreeAudiobook #AuthorNarrated #LiteraryTitanGoldAward #Grief Memoir #Maternal Grief #Complicated Grief #Grief and Healing #Adoption Trauma #Adoptee Healing #Primal Wound #Adoptee Rights #Identity Trauma #Biological Family Search

The Stellar Tempest | UAM Snapshot 79

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 79: Soul Sisters As we marked a sisterhood anniversary by setting my mother's spirit free into the waves of Muizenberg, a phone call at sunset unleashed a stellar tempest that consumed the phoenix in fiery despair. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 [https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88] 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically [https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically] 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me [https://mybook.to/un-adoptically-me] 🛒 Own the physical book (Takealot): https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777 [https://www.takealot.com/un-adoptically-me-my-story-my-truth-my-voice/PLID97006777] ✨ https://foreverfree.co.za [https://foreverfree.co.za] AUTHOR'S NOTE FROM THE CAVE STUDIO: Recording this in our Cave Studio in Tulbagh, Muizenberg is where the ocean received what we could no longer carry. Keith is at the controls, and the stellar tempest arrived without warning. ABOUT THIS SNAPSHOT: A sisterhood anniversary ceremony at Muizenberg's waves releases a mother's spirit just as a sunset phone call unleashes a stellar tempest. The cosmic convergence of warrior sisters and the arrival of soul-crushing news are laid bare. EXPLORE THESE THEMES: #UnAdopticallyMe #ElmarieArnold #AudiobookMemoir #SouthAfricanAuthor #SovereignSoul #StoryOfASurvivor #FreeAudiobook #AuthorNarrated #LiteraryTitanGoldAward #Grief Memoir #Maternal Grief #Complicated Grief #Grief and Healing #Adoption Trauma #Adoptee Healing #Primal Wound #Adoptee Rights #Identity Trauma #Biological Family Search