Hard to Swallow

One of the hardest parts of being adopted is knowing that you were totally and wholly given to other people... It's like you never get to own yourself... You feel like you owe the adoptor's your life because the world reminds you that you are the property of a stranger. The world reminds you that you should be grateful that you are alive and that someone wanted you. They forget that your first mother didn't want you and the pain and heartbreak that goes with that reality. No one other than an Adoptee can truly know that sadness. The kept never had to experience the cellular memory that an adoptee suffers with.