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~I'M WHO I AM BECAUSE OF YOU~

By another I was given life,

But then lovingly accepted by you~

You both chose to guide me,

and see that my dreams would come true~

Your love for me began so blindly,

while I was yet in my Mother's womb~

You already had three children,

But, for me, you still found room~

The first moment that you held me,

your eyes filled with joyful tears~

From that instant on, you raised me,

and comforted all my deepest fears~

You taught me to live with morals,

and the art of unconditional love~

Through these gifts I became your child,

no less than if by flesh and blood~

There was not one moment in life,

when I reached and you weren't there~

At times I questioned your discipline,

but, now, understand the way you cared~

You showed me an infallible God,

whose love brightly shined through you~

With your consistently perfect example,

my faith in his presence grew~

I will forever be your daughter,

but now also a mother to my own~

And everyday I pray I can guide them,

in the wonderful way I was shown~

So, in the times when you feel proud,

it's yourselves who should be praised~

If you had not become "Mom & Dad,"

I would not be who I am today~

(A tribute to my adoptive parents for raising me in the warmth and light of their love - as well as to my birth mother for having the courage to make what must have been the toughest decision of her life.)

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