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Anna Bernacki

Anna Bernacki is an adoptee, adoptive mom of four, and the Director of Community at Parenting Different. With lived experience on two sides of adoption, she brings honest, trauma-informed insight to the unique challenges foster and adoptive families face. Anna brings a blend of lived experience, gentle truth, and a fierce passion in helping parents understand their children’s behaviors, build connection, and navigate adoption with empathy and wisdom, all while reminding families that healing is possible, even when the road is messy.

Some Grief Has No Name

Some grief has no name.Some loss has no funeral.Some heartbreak has no place to go. There is a peculiar kind…
November 25, 2025 3 Min Read

The Rusted One

Once,you were a sturdy thing,engine humming with hope,paint gleaming beneath the sun’s light.But miles and storms came early.The road was…
November 18, 2025 2 Min Read

Not Okay Is Okay

If I could sit across from you today with a cup of coffee in hand, I’d want to look you…
November 4, 2025 2 Min Read