I just read an excerpt from a recent
Psychology Today article about adults who were adopted and different aspects of how they feel/felt about it. One thing that stood out to me was how these children felt when people would say they were lucky. In their mind they thought, "was I lucky to have lost my biological mother and father, any biological siblings, my birth country...I've lived two separate lives already at my young age. I was brought to a country I don't know with people who don't look like anyone I've ever seen before...is that lucky??" However, I do understand that people are only saying they were lucky because they are thinking of the alternative...living the rest of their childhood in an orphanage. I think I'll refrain from ever telling an adopted child that they are lucky...I'll be the lucky one to have my daughter finally home with us :)
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