The Joys and Troubles of Adoption

If you've been adopted, like me, you might get thehave chosen any one of hundreds or thousands of
occasional feeling of loneliness that comes fromother kids, but you were there pick. That says a lot
looking into the faces of "strangers". Even if you'veabout how they feel about you.
lived with your adopted family for years and loveWith all that said, there are going to be reasons that
them like your own, you may find yourself constantlysome people who are adopted choose to hunt for
wondering, or at least occasionally wondering, whattheir real families. In my case, I needed family medical
could have been.history that only my biological father or his family
I think every adopted person wonders what wouldcould provide.
have been from time to time. You have to live in theI got what I was looking for when I went searching
moment, though. Family is what you make of it. Yourfor my biological family, but not everyone does. So, if
adopted family is still your family. Your friends are stillyou choose to look for your biological family, go into
your family.the process understanding that you may not like
To look at things another way, you know that yourwhat you find. Remember that your adoptive family
adopted family loves you. Why? Well, they adoptedis your real family and they'll be there to catch you, if
you. That means that they chose you. They couldyou fall in the attempt.