Decree of Adoption
It has been over a year now since I discovered my adoption. It is still a bizarre thing to think about that a person could experience. I have spoken and shared thoughts with many other adoptees, and late discovery adoptees. Among the LDA crowd, I have learned that this is never going to go away. The pain, anger, and grief is something I will always carry from now on, but I do know that as time goes on, I will become better in coping with it. I have formed new opinions on adoptions. My perspective is continually changing, and evolving with each day. The more I learn, and the more I allow myself to feel, the more I grow. I've come across so much information from other adoptees, and the vast amount of knowledge out there is incredible. Every adoptee has a story. Speaking of adoptee stories, here's a bit of how mine has progressed. So, I sent my letter to my a-parents back in January. Since then, I have spoken to either of them over the phone. I did reach out a few times in a group