treacherous storms and the impossible challenges of difficult terrain.
Then, on a day like no other, I come across a portal.
Our threads entwine and join us together in this moment of our longing.
In 2014, my husband and I met our son. He was five and a half years old and had spent a year in foster care after being taken into emergency protection. Our journey to find him was shaped by the complex emotional terrains of loss, searching, and a deep, aching longing to become parents.
Entwined is a deeply personal, poetic dance film born from this poem I wrote in response to Coram’s Adoption Story project. It is an intimate reflection of my own path to motherhood, but also a tribute to the power of adoptive families. This film uses the expressive beauty of contemporary dance set against vast, cinematic terrains to mirror those difficult emotional landscapes we travel to find one another. At the heart of the piece is a symbolic thread, we stand entwined within it — a constant anchor that extends directly from our hearts and reaches out to one another. It is a visual promise that no one walks this path alone. Our hope is to reach prospective adopters on a deeply human level. We want to validate just how difficult the adoption process can be, while offering comfort and hope in the truth we lived. By sharing Entwined through public screenings, workshops, and featured articles, we hope to spark vital community conversations, inspire new families, and encourage people to believe that every child deserves a place to belong.