Dear Adoption, This is My Life

Conceived
Carried
Birthed

Parted with
Traumatized
Isolated

Grief stricken

Given
Accepted
Homed

Fed
Bathed
Loved

Anxious
Curious
Sad

Lost
Questioning
Hopeful

Persistent
Insistent
Determined

Searching
Emailing
Calling

Answered
Received
Found

Home.

This piece was submitted by an East Indian adoptee who was recently reunited with his Indian mother, half siblings, and extended family.