Ask Amy: Readers offer their stories and advice
Ours was an open adoption and our unfailing motto was that no child can have too much love.
From the beginning of our time together, when our daughter was a baby, we used pictures to tell our beautiful daughter her origin story.
As she matured, the story matured.
I hope this idea is helpful to some of your readers who don't feel able to tell their child they weren't conceived biologically.
Our daughter recently got married and as she exchanged vows with her husband, her father and I, her brothers, her birth grandparents, birth mother, birth mother's siblings and children formed the circle of love that surrounded her.
The bride was radiant. She knows who she is.
– Proud Parent
Dear Proud: “She knows who she is.” Beautiful. Tackling ever-changing questions about identity is one of the burdens of being human. Your loving, open, and honest attitude has made this much easier for everyone in your wide family circle.
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