One week away from my 47th birthday and while I’m not really bitter about how my biological handled my adoption, I still wish it could have been an open one. I feel like I was shortchanged as far as my biological half-brothers and my biological half-sister. I wish they could have been at our wedding. I wish they could have met P.J. when he was younger. I feel like I’m rushing now to make up for all that lost time.
What is the fear involved when it comes to open adoptions? Why can’t the adoptee have access to all their families if terms can be agreed upon and the situations are positive? It’s something I constantly question. I know I was born in a different time when I guess you could say Open Adoptions were frowned upon. But I’m glad they do exist today and I am happy to have all my biological and adoptive families in my life. ❤️.