An Adoptee’s Perspective
An Adoptee’s Perspective
I can’t remember not knowing I was adopted. Before I could even understand the concept of adoption my parents told me that my Mommy didn’t think she could have a baby in her tummy and it made her very sad. So she prayed that God would bring her a baby to love and then one day, she heard a noise on the front porch, looked out and there I was! A baby sent from God to be their daughter.
Eventually, I came to understand the concept of adoption and was told that my Birth Mom was very young and unable to care for me so she made the most heartbreaking decision of her life and placed me for adoption, so that I would be raised in a famiy that loved and cared for me in a way that she was unable to. My parents always emphasized what a sacrifice it was for her…that she loved me enough to let me go.
I always felt special. And when my Mom eventually got pregnant with my brother, it was never an issue. I […]