more about being adopted

Nikki asked for me to share more about being an adult adoptee and my story...
I am thankful today for my parents as well as to my birth mother for having the courage to do such a brave deed. I am sure it was very difficult and took much courage and love. It is a very selfless action. I am very thankful.
My parents were unable to conceive; they wanted a family and applied to a local agency for adoption. Back then you did not do profiles and things like today. Things were done more privately and the birth parents for the most part did not have the choices available to them as they do now. Anyway, when I was 2 months old and in foster care, after final paperwork had been taken care of my parents had the opportunity to come and meet me but could not keep me at that moment. My mom often says it was so hard to finally get her hands on me only to have to leave me. She was so excited. They never knew exactly when they would get the call so when they did they were so excited. They were able to come back and get me the next day. The first thing they did was stop by my dads work to show me off. ;) They were very happy and in love with me. I of course remember none of it, but know I was very blessed growing up to have parents that loved me and told me I was adopted from the time I could talk. I had no idea what it was but knew. They were so happy with my adoption they wanted to adopt again and put their paperwork in for another child. It took a while but 6 yrs later they got the call for a baby boy. His birthday was the day they adopted me. My mom has always made my gotcha day very special. Even though I am now almost 40 (not yet!) She never forgets and does something special for me on that day. I do not have the feelings you hear many adoptees have of anger or feeling abandoned etc. I am a happy well adjusted adult who is thankful for the miracle of adoption as a child as well as a parent. I do feel being an adoptee is one reason I always wanted to adopt. I knew that adoption was such a wonderful gift. I never imagined in my wildest dreams I could do it 3 times. I am very blessed. I feel being an adoptee will help me to relate to the Treasures when they have questions as they grow. I feel having that common bond, they will know that I do understand. After posting this I came back to add, my adoption and the Treasures are very different in one big aspect. The world did not have to know I was adopted unless I chose to tell them. People take one look at my children and immediately know for the most part, so their lives are filled with much more daily awareness and I have to stay prepared for that as well as prepare them.

I can't post without a pic so even though it isn't relative to this post, Here is my girl