I told you that I was adopted by a white family and that gave me advantages I wouldn’t have had otherwise. I want you to understand why I was put up for adoption. Adoption is not a bad thing. It can be when a mother is hooked on drugs and loves them more than her child or if the child is abused and taken away from the parents but that’s not my case at all.
You see, my parents were young when I came along and they could barely take care of themselves and knew they could not give me what I needed. They knew this nice white couple that couldn’t have children of their own and they offered to adopt me. They allowed my natural parents to be a part of my life my whole life along with my natural family. I never felt that I was not wanted by either side.
I was lucky enough to have two wonderful mothers and two wonderful fathers. I have more grandparents than most kids have cousins and am loved by all of them. My life has been blessed from the very beginning and I have passed all that love on to my own children who have a huge family backing them too. So you see, adoption can be a very loving thing to do for your child.