This was an essential book for me (I'm an adoptee)

Re: This was an essential book for me (I'm an adoptee)

• Shlei

  March 2010

  I am happy to answer any questions should they ever come up about anything. I want to help as much as possible.
  

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• Temp206787500007404

  March 2010

  Thank you for the book recommendation!  This is one I haven't heard of and I my local support group doesn't have in our library!  I'll be picking it up ASAP!
  

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• BetchySprout member

  March 2010

  Shlei:

  Adoption is such a beautiful act of love. Let me make it clear that I would NEVER change a thing about my life. I have biological parents and "adoptive parents". In my eyes my adoptive parents are the most selfless and amazing people I know personally.

  Adoption is also one that can be very difficult for the adoptee and the adoptive parents. I wanted to recommend a book that helped me.

  This book did wonders because as I grew up my feelings started to get very mixed and I had a tumultuous teenage-hood.

   
  

  Do you think that book might be helpful for someone like me? I am half-adopted, my stepfather adopted me when I was 8. He IS (was, he is deceased) my dad but I still have some issues, KWIM? 
  

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• Shlei

  March 2010

  Pattypoundcake:

  Shlei:

  Adoption is such a beautiful act of love. Let me make it clear that I would NEVER change a thing about my life. I have biological parents and "adoptive parents". In my eyes my adoptive parents are the most selfless and amazing people I know personally.

  Adoption is also one that can be very difficult for the adoptee and the adoptive parents. I wanted to recommend a book that helped me.

  This book did wonders because as I grew up my feelings started to get very mixed and I had a tumultuous teenage-hood.

   
  

  Do you think that book might be helpful for someone like me? I am half-adopted, my stepfather adopted me when I was 8. He IS (was, he is deceased) my dad but I still have some issues, KWIM? 
  

   

  Yes it would. It talks about a quest for wholeness. Check it out. 
  

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• CaptainSerious member

  March 2010

  Thanks for the book recommendation, and for joining us.  I will check it out, and I'm hoping you stick around.

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• CarFar member

  March 2010

  Shlei:

  I am happy to answer any questions should they ever come up about anything. I want to help as much as possible.
  

   

   Was your adoption open ? Have you met either of your birth parents ?   

  

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• Shlei

  March 2010

  I am from Guatemala. My father died in some guerrilla warfare a month to the day that I was born, my mother is possibly still alive, I had two sisters [one of which passed away due to starvation and malaise] and the other was adopted.

  My life is unique because I was able to stay in contact with my sister. Unfortunately she passed away when I was 12 in a car accident. 

  I have one picture of my birth mother and zero of my father or other sister. 
  

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• Shlei

  March 2010

  CaptainSerious:

  Thanks for the book recommendation, and for joining us.  I will check it out, and I'm hoping you stick around.

  I am happy to stick around and help out as much as I can. I aspire to be a therapist that specializes in adolescents and adoption.
  

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• Dragonfly_Bride member

  March 2010

  Thanks for the book rec, and for sharing some of your story. It's amazing that you got to know a little about your birth family, and I'm sorry for all the loss that you experienced, too. I have a special place in my heart for Guatemala, as I was able to spend just one short, fantastic week there on a business trip (travel business). For some reason, it really has stuck with me. Here's a link to my photos from that trip, if you're interested at all:

  Guatemala

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• Shlei

  March 2010

  Beautiful pictures. Tikal is amazing by the way.
  

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