Adoption: My experiences of being adopted 39 Articles

by Jennifer Brunt

Who Am I? "Who are you?" the centipede inquires of Alice in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Alice knows just what to say, since she knows who she is, but what if she was adopted? Adoption is a very controversial i...read more

by Andrea Johnson

I am adopted. I was born on January 19, 1966 at Children's Hospital in San Francisco, CA. I can say that I am a truly blessed person. I couldn't have been loved more in my life if God, Himself had raised me. My paren...read more

by Kathy Riel

Adoption: My experiences of being adopted Another adoption story? Well, yes, it is. Everyone's is unique. Mine is, too. Back when I was an infant, (a little more than 60 years ago) adoption was not looked upon as bei...read more

by PS Gifford

My Adoption I shall never forget the day that I officially became a Gifford. It was August 23rd 2005. I was just twelve years old at the time. It was a glorious day with the sun shining, almost as if it was congra...read more

by Roxan Finnell

My adoptive mother literally saved my life. How my sister, Deborah and I came to be adopted can only be described as odd. Our biological mother, Peggy, had worked as a housekeeper for the woman we would one day call "m...read more

by Tracey Cozby

I am adopted. I've always known that my parents did not give birth to me. They may not have given birth to me but they gave me a life. While growing up there was always that small nagging curiosity in the back of my min...read more

by Joanna W

I was adopted when I was a month old, in 1985. It was a closed adoption, and I haven't contacted my birth mother, so I have little information of her and my biological father. I inherit an artistic talent and my smallish s...read more

by kss

Why is my birth such a secret? Why can't I know what two people created me? At this time, 40 years ago, where was I? I know I was in a boarding home, but where? My photo copied birth certificate states I was born 11-16-1...read more

by Monica Brooks

About 23 or 24 years ago I was adopted by my mother and her first husband. The adoption was closed so I know nothing about my biologiacal parents but what was told to me. I do not know the circumstances behind the adoptio...read more

by Amber Carmody

My experience of being adopted...It built the person I am today. When I was taken out of my mother's custody she was quite unfortunately homeless with 2 children. I was 2years old and my half sister was about a year and a ...read more

by Lori Salsgiver

Adoption is a wonderful gift for any child. Adoption creates an atmosphere of stability and normalcy. There isn't a worse feeling on earth then to feel that your not apart of a family. It hurts to constantly be standing ...read more

by Elizabeth Stephan

"That Girl Helped Me Find This Woman" There are moments in my life that are best forgotten. I think that is probably true with every person, but, up until recently, I felt that it was only myself who was riddled with m...read more

by Amanda Peterson

Being adopted is an experience that can influence a person over their entire life span. I have first hand experience. I understand completely why my adoption occurred. My biological father was 18 years old and my biologica...read more

by Helen Heard

Adoption can be complicated, and I am not just talking about the legal issues, but also the emotional ones. To adopt, in one boring dictionary definition, means to choose, or take as ones' own by selection or assent. To mo...read more

by Leeah Taylor

Twenty three years ago, after eight years of trying my parents decided to adopt. My parents opted to go with a private investigator instead of an adoption agency. At the time South Carolina was known for its high adoption ...read more

by Kathleen Monds

I was adopted when I was nearly 2yrs old, however I was not told of my adoption until I was 19yrs old. As I share my story with you, keep in mind that the couple who adopted me, were/are great people. They did the best th...read more

by Shay Vaughn

Filling the "hole" that being adopted leaves behind. If you are adopted than you know what I mean. I have always felt that being adopted left me incomplete. It was like there was literally a part of me, my being, a whole...read more

by Jessica Steinmetz

I previously wrote an article about open adoption versus closed adoption. One comment that someone left me really struck my attention. What if the adoptive parents don't want their child to meet their biological parents? ...read more

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by Susan Kleinhans

I've known that I was adopted since I was a small child. I felt different than other kids and yet I felt the same. Luckier...in fact. My parents had two sons already and they wanted a little girl to complete their family. ...read more

by Michael J Casey

I was born of an Irish single mother in 1958. The lady had travelled over from Eire in 1958 three weeks prior to my birth. She was 35, single and catholic. It was not the 'done thing' in 1958 to be a single pregnant cathol...read more