Before I begin, I want to preface this post by saying, everyone's experience with adoption is different, whether you're an adoptive parent, adopted kid, the friend of the parent/kid. There's no cookie-cutter, a-b-c formula to figuring out adoptive families. Every adopted kid has their own interpretation of their story; some are good, some are traumatic. Adoptive parents each have their own reasons for pursuing it. This isn't meant to be a trigger. If anything, I'm simply sharing a little of my personal story in hopes that it sheds light on some of the many questions adopted people face on a regular basis, and better ways of approaching the issue as a whole.
My experience with adoption hasn't been a topic that I've written about before, neither privately or publicly. It's close to my heart, but difficult to discuss since there's so many uninformed stereotypes and opinions to wade through before getting to the heart of the conversation. But there's a first for everything, I guess, so here goes.
My experience with adoption hasn't been a topic that I've written about before, neither privately or publicly. It's close to my heart, but difficult to discuss since there's so many uninformed stereotypes and opinions to wade through before getting to the heart of the conversation. But there's a first for everything, I guess, so here goes.
