The Declassified Adoptee: The Birth of my First

Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Birth of my First

I wasn't blogging back when "M" was born. Reflecting upon motherhood today and wanted to post a picture of me and my sweet little guy.

"Then it hit me. They put my baby in my arms. I was crying---crying for both my mothers. Not just me." --Adult Adoptee quoted in "Journey of the Adopted Self: a Quest for Wholeness"

4 comments:

The adopted onesMarch 24, 2011 7:51 AM
It is an experience for which I have no words adequate to express as an adoptee.
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Laura SchwartzMarch 24, 2011 10:41 AM
When my daughter was born, I was struck by the fact that this tiny little person was the only person in the entire world I knew who was actually related to me.
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MelissaMarch 24, 2011 11:10 AM
Every time I look at my son I feel a flood of complex emotion that is simply indescribable...all the dark history of my origins coupled with the hopeful future of these new beginnings, the faces and lives of my Omma, of my Appa, the inextricable connection to my American family all flood in...so much confusion, so much wonder...

By the way, what a head of hair your little guy came into the world with! :)
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VonMarch 24, 2011 4:21 PM
Same Laura, it took a time for things to change.Such an amazing mix of complex feelings too as Melissa says.
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