Adoption

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6mo

Susan Bright

a poem written in black and white with an image of mountains

Wish I knew who wrote this

a woman standing in front of a brick wall with a quote on it that says,

an image with the quote being adopted is the one thing i know more intimately and fundamentally than anything else it is the very first thing that ever happened

Life long effect on a adoptee

a quote that says it requires great courage for an adopted person to share their adoption experience

a black and white photo with the words i think what a lot of people don't get about adopted people is how hard

Adoption took away who I was

People like to give credit to adoption for how good adoptees turn out. Adoption took everything I knew away. I was put with strangers. They loved me but I was nothing like them. Their love was why I couldn’t be my authentic self. I had to be the child they wanted instead of being true to myself. I still remember my adoptive mother and adoptive cousin telling me I was just a late bloomer. That was because I couldn’t be myself. I was living a lie. Since my adoptive parents have passed, I have lear

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