Widya Wisata
Letter to my biological mother
The Hague, June 2020 Dear Mom, When I close my eyes, I remember... I remember you taking care of me with great warmth. I remember the...
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Widya Wisata
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
Foggy brain
My identity crisis started in high school but hit me like a bulldozer during my university years. My brain started getting foggy. I was...
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Widya Wisata
- Sep 17, 2021
- 14 min
An adoption tale turned sour
Last year when I published my story on Twitter I received many leads which had taken me several months to investigate. It was a difficult...
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Widya Wisata
- Jun 12, 2021
- 4 min
Solving a puzzle
For years it was chaos in my head, one which I was desperately trying to control. I failed miserably and the result was the birth of a...
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Widya Wisata
- May 24, 2021
- 5 min
Imposter Syndrome
From an early stage in life, I learned to adapt myself to my surroundings. This showed for the first time when I was taken by a woman for...
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Widya Wisata
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
Twitter search 2020
It has been a year since I started my search for my Indonesian mother. I thought this was going to be a fool's errand and nothing would...
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Widya Wisata
- May 19, 2021
- 5 min
Hello Bandung!
My parents always promised me that one day we would visit my country of birth. This became an important tool for my survival. They had...
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Widya Wisata
- May 19, 2021
- 5 min
Inferior countries
The downside of my adoption has definitely been the unanswered questions lingering in my mind for years. The biggest one is still the...
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Widya Wisata
- May 19, 2021
- 4 min
Nyamini
In 1979 Nyamini and I were brought to a hotel at the Jl Raden Saleh in Jakarta to meet our new parents. I can't recall our first meeting...
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