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Please keep in mind that my perspective is from the other side of the fence, but here’s what I’d offer birth parents: 1. I always hated when other people referred to my biological parents being as being my “real” mom or dad. My “real” mom and dad were the ones who rocked me for all hours of the night when I had colic, walked me to my first day of school, sent me to prom, were there to hold me…..
Although the baseline mechanics of adoption are somewhat the same: one set of parents gives up a child and another set takes that child in, the circumstances around it can vary widely. Some adoptees know who their birth parents are and keep in touch and some are like me and had no idea who they were. Whatever the circumstances, here’s the advice I’d offer to any adopted child: 1. It’s ok to wonder why you were given up, what…..
I was given up for adoption in 1968 with nearly the same amount of secrecy that is used to protect the nuclear launch codes around the identity of the individuals involved. Although I always knew I was adopted, I also knew that the likelihood of my finding my biological parents was pretty much zero, so I never bothered to ask, let alone actually search. Then, some passing comments made by my daughter’s pediatrician while I was having a meltdown in…..
Hello and welcome to all of my readers! I’m excited to share my story with all of you and walk you through not only my journey as an adoptee that found her biological parents, but also the journey of all of the messy life that happens before and after that that you don’t see on all of the adoption reunion shows. A little bit about me: I’m currently a married mother of two adult daughters and along with a successful…..
