Why would it be that I write about me and my journey on the inside as an adopted child who is full grown and 4 children of my own? Because it is on my mind and spirit to share...so I listen and acknowledge my spirit and share!
My own personal experience with the connection of being surrounded bya full family not having any biological connection to me. How should I feel? Would I feel disconnected? Ungrounded? Unsupported? Unloved?
Just the complete opposite....
As I grew in a house hold that had no biological connection...
no same blood running through me.
no finger nails looking the same.
no peculiar birthmarking that is present on each one of the family members as well as me.
no looking at someone and seeing any inkling of a sign that says we share the same immediate blood..
nothing.
What was there?...........
A feeling of humongous love that I was there. Literally. A feeling of " I am so overly overjoyed that you exist in this world.....that you are in "our" family......A feeling of "you belong here" was always, consistently rooted in the atmosphere of our household.
There was never an introduction of "This is my adopted daughter", although many thought my mama was my grandmother. It was just "this is my daughter"...Never an introduction of " This is my adopted sister" although my brothers were 15 and 20 years older that me...it was simply, "this is my sister."
When my mother was first applying for adoption, she has shared that there was a multitude of questions attempting to find out how much money she had, assets, & all those other questions that probably doesn't hold any weight at the end of the day.........My mother said she read every last question and decided to draw a very bold x over all of the questions. She then drew a line and wrote .......LOVE!
That's all she had to genuinely and truely offer!....LOVE
