Joe Carter taught me dreams are for the kept

I never found my father; I never found my mother...

Mar 20, 2024

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A two-panel comic in green and white with an angry mother in the first panel raising her hand and a scared adoptee in the second panel. A blue comic bubble with the word “SLAP” bridges both panels and the article title, “Joe Carter taught me dreams are for the kept” is above everything.

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