| If you've been adopted, like me, you might get the | | | | have chosen any one of hundreds or thousands of |
| occasional feeling of loneliness that comes from | | | | other kids, but you were there pick. That says a lot |
| looking into the faces of "strangers". Even if you've | | | | about how they feel about you. |
| lived with your adopted family for years and love | | | | With all that said, there are going to be reasons that |
| them like your own, you may find yourself constantly | | | | some people who are adopted choose to hunt for |
| wondering, or at least occasionally wondering, what | | | | their 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 would | | | | could provide. |
| have been from time to time. You have to live in the | | | | I got what I was looking for when I went searching |
| moment, though. Family is what you make of it. Your | | | | for my biological family, but not everyone does. So, if |
| adopted family is still your family. Your friends are still | | | | you 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 your | | | | what you find. Remember that your adoptive family |
| adopted family loves you. Why? Well, they adopted | | | | is your real family and they'll be there to catch you, if |
| you. That means that they chose you. They could | | | | you fall in the attempt. |