{"product_id":"dealt-in-shame-reclaimed-my-name-latte-mug","title":"Dealt in Shame, Reclaimed My Name Latte Mug","description":"From my hands to your space—this is a print of a genuinely original, hand-cut collage—one-of-a-kind in spirit, created with love by ME.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Dealt in Shame, Reclaimed My Name\" By Pamela A. Karanova\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThey told me I was lucky.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThat I had been chosen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBut the cards I was dealt? Torn. Faded. Lied on. Folded before I ever got to play.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMy life began like a magician’s trick—smoke and mirrors, sealed records, and smiling strangers holding me like a prize they’d won. But I wasn’t a prize. I was a person. And somewhere, someone had decided that the truth wasn’t mine to keep.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFor years, I wore their story like a second skin.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“You’re so loved.”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“You’re better off.”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“Don’t be ungrateful.”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe world handed me clubs and spades, blackened with shame, each card reminding me I was expected to play happy while mourning silently. I didn’t know my real name. I didn’t know where I came from. I didn’t even know I had the right to ask.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nUntil one day, I did.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd that’s where this collage was born—from the wreckage of that lie.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA face peeking through the unzipped illusion, eyes wide open, finally seeing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPlaying cards tossed like shrapnel, scattered truths finally laid out for me to confront.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA rotary phone no one ever picked up.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nClocks without hands—time stolen, identity delayed.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCandles burning for the versions of me that never got to be born.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBut look again.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSee that zipper? That’s me unsealing the silence.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThat’s me reclaiming what they said I couldn’t have.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThat’s me digging through the chaos, through every mislabeled record, every gaslighted feeling, and saying: No more.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe queen card?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI placed her myself.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI’m not their fantasy. I’m my own real.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI didn’t choose these cards, but I reshuffled the damn deck.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI traced the roots they told me to forget. I spoke the name they tried to erase. I lit the candle not in mourning, but in honor. Of who I was. Of who I am.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThey dealt me in shame.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBut I reclaimed my name.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd now? I play my own game.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n*This Karanova Kollage message might be rooted in the adoptee experience—because I’m adopted—but its meaning is wide open. Don’t let not being adopted stop you from grabbing an exclusive copy. Art is art—it doesn’t fit in a box. Share it with friends, family, or someone who needs a spark of something real and eclectic.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHear that? That’s the sound of your quiet, stress-free morning. Kick off your morning coffee ritual or cozy up with a late-night tea with this mug. It’s dishwasher safe—so that’s one less thing for you to worry about. It’s also suitable for microwaves, so feel free to try those mug cake recipes!\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n• 100% white ceramic\u003cbr\u003e\n• Height: 4″ (10.16 cm)\u003cbr\u003e\n• Diameter: 3.6″ (9.14 cm)\u003cbr\u003e\n• Volume: 12oz\u003cbr\u003e\n• Made free of BPA and lead\u003cbr\u003e\n• Dishwasher and microwave-safe\u003cbr\u003e\n• Classic cone shape\u003cbr\u003e\n• Glossy ceramic finish\u003cbr\u003e\n• Product sourced from China, decorated in the US","brand":"The Real Adoptea Moxie Emporium. ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49183202148545,"sku":"2704536_21352","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/7835\/6417\/files\/latte-mug-white-12-oz-right-67eff179d538e.jpg?v=1743778186","url":"https:\/\/therealadopteemoxie.com\/products\/dealt-in-shame-reclaimed-my-name-latte-mug","provider":"The Real Adoptee Moxie Emporium. ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}