World kindness should be more than a day
World kindness should be more than a day
Published on:
Oct 31, 2025
Category
Special Event
Celebrating World Kindness Day
November 13 is World Kindness Day, but kindness should be recognized for more than just ONE day because if there’s one thing I’ve learned about being adopted, it’s that adoption can often feel UNkind. The bold personal questions people ask, the inappropriate adoption language people use, the whole adoption process sometimes feels downright rude. The harsh responses to my feelings about being interracially adopted come from strangers, family members, and unfortunately, sometimes from professionals. I suppose this is something I’ve struggled with for much of my life.
I remember coming across C.A.S.E. as an adult and feeling skeptical. Were they informed? Kind? Gentle? Would they nurse my adoption wounds with care or savagely throw salt in them and tell me how “lucky” I was? I quickly discovered that when I found C.A.S.E., I was also finding kindness in adoption for the very first time. It was a comforting feeling, one I had been hoping for since I was a small child. The professionals at C.A.S.E. were trained to be adoption competent therapists, with a special skill set to approach adoption, foster, and kinship care with KINDNESS & expertise.
World Kindness Day is said to be made up of four basic principles:
- Spreading kindness
- Making kindness a habit
- Community and connection
- Positive ripple effect
C.A.S.E. as an organization embodies everything that a day like World Kindness Day represents. Spreading kindness is a habit at C.A.S.E., not just today but every day. They are dedicated to connecting adoption, foster, and kinship communities with helpful resources. They create positive ripple effects in the lives of those who turn to them for support, making adoption feel “kind,” but without negating its difficulties.
In my own adoption story, the kindness offered to me by C.A.S.E. helped me finally feel understood. Adoption-competent professionals have been pivotal in my healing, creating trickle down effects to my loved ones, especially my children. While I still think adoption can be rude as various moments and milestones activate those nasty abandonment wounds inside of me, I also know I can be met with compassion as I navigate the journey.
On this World Kindness Day, I’m thankful for the kindness C.A.S.E. has offered me. I hope we can all vow to be kind to ourselves, our communities and each other, maybe for more than just a day?
