So, I’m posting this as a new blog but I will be revamping one of my diary enteries later as another new blog today. This may be common for the first few posts, so that I can add more things for you to read. So, I’m basically starting at the beginning for you.
I was adopted. I was born in Glasgow Ky in Barren county, but I do not have a name of any identifying information for my birth mother or father. She was 14 years old, so I know it must have been an emotional time for her. Pregnant, no way of taking care of a child, it was 1982, so at the time, I’m sure it wasn’t quite like it is today with 16 and pregnant and teen mom shows, to offer some hope and support. And I can not imagine giving birth to a child and never taking that child home. I do not have children yet, but I was pregnant and miscarried and that was a lot to bear, I can’t imagine making such a hard decision. I was 3 weeks old when my mom and dad took me home and I have been with them ever since. It was December 21st 1982. I still get to open an early christmas present each year on that day, It is celebrated as an extra birthday of sorts for me. My parents had been married for about 10 years at that point. They had been on a wiating list for about 8 years and were really wanting to have a child. My mom had had a complete hyterectomy when she was 20, they got married when she was 19. So because of this, they were unable to have children of their own the conventional way. So they went to route of adoption. It takes a special kind of person to be able to raise a child that is genetically not your own, but they have been great parents and I have never doubted their love for me. I hear many horror stories in the adoption community, but I had a great life because of it. I view adoption as a great option for young mothers or mothers who just simply are not able, or ready to step up to the responsibilities of being a parent. My parents gave me the name Holly because they got me so close to christmas. I feel that my birth mother had to really love me and care about me to choose to give me up so that someone else, who could provide a better life for me, was able to have the joy of being a parent. I am a member of the adoption database and I am looking for my birth family, just because I would like to meet them, but I am fine if I do not ever achieve that. Adoption has a lot of 2 sided issues, such as open records…. On one hand, adults who were adopted need this information because it could help in medical situations and such, i’ll have more on this later because of things that I have dealt with personally. Genetic makeup, family history, and just because that information affect not only the adoptee, but the adoptee’s children, and grand children and so on.
