I have read your thread a few times. It really resonates with me. How it felt being the lone adopted person unrelated to the people who comprised my “family” versus the feeling I have now as the mother of my own children & truly belonging with them is indescribable. I didn’t get it until I did. 🥚 - ThreadSky

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maevekelly11.bsky.social • 32 days ago

I have read your thread a few times. It really resonates with me. How it felt being the lone adopted person unrelated to the people who comprised my “family” versus the feeling I have now as the mother of my own children & truly belonging with them is indescribable. I didn’t get it until I did. 🥚

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cultofmany.bsky.social•32 days ago

💯 same. Having my son opened my eyes to everything I’d been denied by severance/ adoption and all I’d been given by his existence. He just turned 20 and it’s never stopped being revelatory.

loftwerks.bsky.social•32 days ago

My first experience of true family was the birth of my first daughter. She changed everything for me. I suddenly had roots and a connection I had never felt before. 🥚

loftwerks.bsky.social•31 days ago

I spent years trying to navigate to a place/feeling of family & contentment (?) with AM & AB. I realized the foundation is faulty and beyond my power or ability to rectify. I don't wish ill on either, but now I limit access due to the huge emotional bandwidth required to spend time together. 🥚

loftwerks.bsky.social•32 days ago

In my teens, I realized my hands (which are small & at the time had minor dermatitis) might LOOK like someone else's hands! (Bio-family). The idea shook me to my core. It was the 1st time I considered the possibility of not being the odd one out; maybe I had people. Maybe I came from PEOPLE. 🥚

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