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Tabitha,
age 15 “My Life”
Ann Marie,
age 13 “Something That Might Make U Happy”
Kathryn,
age 16 "My Writing:"
Tori, age
15 "Letter to All Adopted Children and Parents"
Andrew, age
15 " I Want to Find My Parents"
Jill, age 13
"How It Feels to Be Adopted "
Hope, age 15 "I’m Adopted!"
Kerry, age 14 "Me and Adoption"
Anonymous, age
10 "You Don’t Have to Know"
My Life
[Editor’s Note]
Many children come to adoption because of sad and hurtful events in their life--Tabitha shares a little bit about the feelings she struggles with even though she loves her new family very much.
I was adopted because my dad had done something he should have not done but I now live with my Aunt and Uncle which they are nice people. yes it makes me cry because nothing that my mother did not believe me or my sister but I guess it was to be like that but I really love my new family it has been now 2 years that I have lived with them.
Something That Might Make U Happy
sometimes if something comes up in class about being adopted i get upset.its hard for me because my sister just had a baby and i always think about what is my birthmother doing? does she remember me? dose she
ever want to see me? all theses questions run through my head. Then after thinking about them i get upset. i like being adopted but theres something there thats missing from me.
but today i was thinking on my way to school when it was snowing that the snow flakes are families they are all diffrent shape and sizes and they come from all around the world. so if you are ever up set just think that it might help. also many kids are adopted so we are not alone. thanks!
My Writing:
Over the years you can and may try to hide the fact that you’re adopted.
For so long, I tried to run away from it, not wanting to believe it. But
as I get older, you have to come to peace with it, and maybe later in
life, you can look back and reflect of all the experiences you had,
whether it was getting made fun of, learning about your past, and so many
other good things. We are different from other kids; we share something
special that not many other kids have. We should be proud of it.
My Writing: Letter to All Adopted Children and Parents
Hi. My name is Tori and I am fifteen years old. This is to any kid out there who is questioning their place in life or just feeling unloved. I was adopted at the age of two and the weird twist to my story was that I was adopted by my birth mother's parents. Many people today will say that it was nothing and that it wasn't hard. Those people were so wrong.
I would constantly miss school to go to court for various things: Finalizing the Adoption, Keeping My Birth Father Away and various other things. Kids always asked me where I was and I was always reluctant to tell them. I thought they would find me as an outcast. In 5th grade, my neighbor found out and told everyone at school. I was being called horrible names (that I won't post for many reasons) and it got so bad I had to switch schools. When I switched schools I was honest with the kids off the back. It worked out great. Occasionally a bully would say something, but I always got through it. I was in the hospital twice, both times I switched school due my grade level. Once when I got to middle school and once in high school thanks to the bullies. Not for physically beating me up, but for emotionally abusing me. I am just writing this letter to say that there are so many kids going though various things right now involving verbal abuse with bullies.
Kids, I am in 10th grade now and I want you to listen to my advice: If anyone is picking on you because of being adopted, tell you parents or teachers. It isn't tattling no matter what any kids say. If I would have told my parents about these bullies, I never would have been in the hospital. Never, ever be ashamed that you are adopted. It was most likely for the better and you should never think that you are any less important than anyone else.
I still see my birthmother and we are starting to get along now, I even babysit her three kids! When I was younger though, I didn't have a good relationship at all with her. To this day I have no idea what my birth father looks like, but that's ok with me. I am in a home with two loving people that I call mom and dad.
Whoever you are, wherever you are, YOU ARE LOVED!
Sincerely, Tori
My Writing: I Want to Find My Parents
I am 15 and was adopted from Korea (south) when I was about 3 months old. I never saw my real parents (That i can remember of). I love my life now, but I always imagine what that feeling must be like... I mean, finding or seeing your real parents? I want to experience that. No one I know of has any information on them, so I don't even know if they are alive or not. I want to see them, but for now, I'll live my wonderful life in the USA.
My Writing: How It Feels to Be Adopted
i was little when i came to my new home and i thought that i whould hate it. but as i grew i learned to love it.i think most people who are adopted will learn to love it. most people who aren't adopted dont understand how it feels but i do and im happy to have a new family and i know my birth mom would have been happy for me too. my mom is up in heaven watching over my family and i. my sister, brother and me were adopted in February 1998 my family has 11 people 2 adults 6 adpoted kids 3 not adopted kids and that is my story.
My Writing: I’m Adopted!
I was adopted when i was 7 days old, so i haven’t ever known anything different...i love my adoptive parents very much...and i am so happy God put me in this family...all my friends know and they dont treat me any different than any body else and that is just how i want it...but i would love to one day meet my birth mother...but i am happy where i am and if i never get to meet her i know that she loves me or she wouldnt have given me up for adoption so that i could live a better life...i get to live out my dreams here...i get to ride and show horses...and play the sports that i love...my adoptive parents are always there for me and are always behind me 100% so if you are adopted and for some reason feel left out or you just dont like the idea...look on the bright side you were wanted...and you are loved very much...and i would incourage you to talk to your adoptive parents about any problem you have with it so that they can help you!
My Writing: Me and Adoption
I was once adopted when I was six years old. I told my friends in fifth grade and they felt bad for me. Then last year in seventh grade one of my friends and I were fighting and she was like "Oh well at least I have parents" Then a couple weeks later she was like "At least I have a loving mother and a loving father" and that mad me soo mad I was soooo close to punching her in the face. I am glad I am adopted because my parents were alcoholics and drug addicts so I am glad my aunt adopted me. I still give my aunt a hard time but then it's like I didn't do anything.
My Writing: You Don’t Have to Know
A lot of people ask me what my real mom looks like. I say you don't have to know, because I really don't know what she looks like. Then people start bothering me about it though. Try to ask your parents or someone from the orphanage.
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