Dear Birth Parents,
How are you? I miss you. I can only hope that you miss me too. Do you wonder what I’m doing? I wonder what you are doing everyday. I wonder what your personalities are like and what traits of mine are similar to yours. I have this goofy laugh that I’m sure…. Continue reading
Get us day 1 or year 5, we come with bags packed. Mine is pink and glittery, with some dents, gashes and stains.
I carry it with me everywhere I go :).
Adoptive parents are the best when they help you unpack, see what you’ve got, organize and rearrange it and lighten the load.
Sometimes that takes a while. But it’s worth the time.
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I wrote a new article for AmericaAdopts.com !!
Therapy, introspection, empathy, education: none of this means that I have it all under control.
I still have times when I am triggered by something and my inner adopted child is uncontrollable.
It’s not that I can’t handle or understand the emotions, but I definitely can’t stop them…..
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I can’t believe it has almost been a year since I first wrote this for America Adopts!
Juliana, who works for a non-profit organization in Las Vegas and recently started an MBA program, hopes that sharing her story will give others a deeper understanding about what it means to grow up in an open adoption. To find out more about her and her thoughts about adoption, visit her Facebook page, That Adopted Girl
1. What does open adoption mean to you?
It is having the ability to ask your birth parents the questions that adoptees in closed adoptions rarely get answered. It means never wondering if you were given up because your birth parents didn’t love you or didn’t want you. It means being able to develop a thorough understanding of how and why you wound up somewhere other than in a home with your biological parents. At least this is what I experience/experienced.
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“Your outlook on life is a direct reflection on how much you like yourself.” ~ Lululemon
“My existence on this earth is pointless.”
That thought crossed my mind every night before I fell asleep.
It had been several months since I graduated from high school and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. My future plans were falling to pieces, and everyone around me kept telling me that I needed to start accomplishing things that I had not yet accomplished. Continue reading
That Adopted Girl 