National Adoption Month – A thank you
Adoption story – A thank you Readers may remember more than 4 years ago when I wrote about Ronald McDonald and Houdini. That four post series is still among the more popular posts on this site. My brother and I are adopted. Our father, adopted us when I was 3 and my brother was 4. In doing so, he gave us a chance at a normal life. A chance. Life has a strange way of showing you normal. There are no regrets. Every time I am in the city where dad lives, I make an effort to get together with him for coffee and conversation. Each time we are together, about once a month, I thank him for saving us. For giving us his name. It’s a simple thing really. He didn’t need to adopt us. He did. In the process he gave us his name, a grandmother, an Uncle