November 30, 2007
What Could Have Been
It's very possible I could have grown up in an orphanage. No real family. A cold, sterile environment.
Or...I could have spent my childhood in a series of foster homes, as so many do. Bouncing around. No roots. Little stability.
Or there is even the possibility that I would not have had a chance at all. Abortion, while not legal in the early 60's, was still not unheard of.
The other scene that runs through my mind is growing up in a family without love. Or tradition. Or faith.
But I was lucky. I was brought into a home that was full of hope, passion, love. A home built on faith.
To people that wanted to be parents. They had waited 14 years to start a family. Those years full of heartache and promise. They had so much love between them they just KNEW they were meant to share that.
That was 45 years ago today. A day doesn't go by that I am not grateful for the life my birth mother gave to me and the LIFE I have had with my family.
I truly am blessed.
Today is my adoption birthday......
From one adoptee to another, Happy Adopted Birthday! It's an important day. :)
Posted by: pam at November 30, 2007 08:24 AMHappy Adoption Day!
Posted by: Quality Weenie at November 30, 2007 08:41 AMHappy Adoption Birthday my Sweet friend! You're family (both of them) certainly made the best choices for you that they could and look at the result! A tall, beautiful, intelligent, talented woman who can (and does) do anything (except craft *shudder*). ;)
And November is National Adoption Month, so what a wonderful way to celebrate!
Posted by: Lee Ann at November 30, 2007 09:02 AMHappy Birthday friend!!
Wish I were closer I would have made pie. And then I would have sang to both you and Pink Ninja.
I am glad Momma Vi and your Daddy received a special blessing right around the Holiday Season.
Many blessings continue to flow your way.
"Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching."
Happy adoption day!
Posted by: oddybobo at November 30, 2007 11:36 AMHappy Adoption Day.
Posted by: stacy lee at November 30, 2007 01:52 PMHappy adopt-a-birthday!
Posted by: Contagion at November 30, 2007 02:24 PMWhat a wonderful early Christmas blessing you were!!! Happy Adoption Day!
Posted by: HomefrontSix at November 30, 2007 05:46 PMThat is so great. I wish that more people had the courage that your birth mother had.
Posted by: Lukie at November 30, 2007 07:55 PMBless you Tammi.
To a beer someday,
and an afternoon of family pictures
and good food.
I shoulda baked a cake. Not that I'm much of a baker but I'm trying to learn.
Posted by: Peter at December 1, 2007 01:19 AM