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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 1096419" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>I have known of my adoption since about age 5. Absolutely be supportive should your daughter wish to know of her biological parents, but don't push it. I can honestly say that the only times I have ever felt not 100% of my family has been when my mom would push me to look. It's also just about the only time I ever gave it much thought. I know who my mom and dad are. They happen to be my kids grandma and grandpa. I don't know why some people feel a longing to know. Maybe they didn't have the excellent, loving upbringing I did. Maybe they want to star in an after school special in their own minds. The drama bores me. Maybe I'm the odd one. But I know my brothers and sisters, remember the fights and the laughter, the funerals and the weddings, birthdays and Xmas. We have always been together, always been a family. I don't know what I would search for that I don't have. Closure? That occurred January 15th 1968 when the court finalized the proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>I still have the bulletin from my baptism. It reads:</p><p> </p><p>Not flesh of my flesh,</p><p>not bone of my bone,</p><p>but still very much my own.</p><p> </p><p>I sincerely hope that you and all adoptive parents can fully feel the full power of that love as I have in my family. I do not doubt that you already do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 1096419, member: 22662"] I have known of my adoption since about age 5. Absolutely be supportive should your daughter wish to know of her biological parents, but don't push it. I can honestly say that the only times I have ever felt not 100% of my family has been when my mom would push me to look. It's also just about the only time I ever gave it much thought. I know who my mom and dad are. They happen to be my kids grandma and grandpa. I don't know why some people feel a longing to know. Maybe they didn't have the excellent, loving upbringing I did. Maybe they want to star in an after school special in their own minds. The drama bores me. Maybe I'm the odd one. But I know my brothers and sisters, remember the fights and the laughter, the funerals and the weddings, birthdays and Xmas. We have always been together, always been a family. I don't know what I would search for that I don't have. Closure? That occurred January 15th 1968 when the court finalized the proceedings. I still have the bulletin from my baptism. It reads: Not flesh of my flesh, not bone of my bone, but still very much my own. I sincerely hope that you and all adoptive parents can fully feel the full power of that love as I have in my family. I do not doubt that you already do. [/QUOTE]
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