Essay On Being Adopted

On October 16, 1999 I was brought into this world. But, 2000 was the year my life changed for the better. My mom decided to hop on a plane, fly all the way to China, adopt a baby girl, and bring her back to the United States; that lucky baby happened to be me! To this day, I am so thankful and grateful for my mom and what she has done for me. Being able to be raised in America has gave me an abounding amount of opportunities that I would never have had if I had been raised in China. Being adopted to me, doesn’t characterize who I am. After almost eighteen years, my mom finally told me the story of how I was adopted. She explained that I was abandoned in a park when I was only four years old when the police found me. This park was popular because it was known to have abandoned babies, and due to that, police patrolled the park several …show more content…
I have two other cousins who were adopted from China, as well. Lian, who is fifteen as of now, was also adopted when she was a baby, so she doesn’t really remember what the experience was. However, my other cousin, Emily who recently turned 23 , was adopted when she was five years old. So, she has some memory of what it was like. She explained how she remembers riding the bus to meet her mom, which is my aunt. We all do sometimes wonder who our biological parents are, but at the end of the day, we and myself know we consider our “adoption” mom, our real mom. My mom determined that I would live the best life that I could possibly live, and she still does to this day. Even though, money was an issue because she was a single parent, she still made sure I had nice clothes, food on my plate, and a roof over my head. I’m comparison, in China I might have had just one meal a day, or had to split the one meal with other family members, wear the same clothes everyday, or possibly lived in a small