Each month, a member of the board will share a reflection on the Soul Matters monthly theme. The theme for January is Liberating Love. This month’s post is offered by Emily Rosengren.
When I was 27 years old, I was presented with the opportunity to correspond with my biological mother. I was two weeks old when I was adopted by my parents, who always modeled profound appreciation for the unknown woman who gave birth to me. The “opportunity” came to me in the form of a letter from the adoption agency, and the first people I shared it with were my parents. My biological mother’s wish to establish contact filled me with uncertainty. Who was this person? Was she safe? What might she want from me? What if the circumstances of my birth were fraught with pain and unrelenting heartache–what would I do with that knowledge? Above all, was I ready to take this chance? The whole thing felt like reality television, not my actual life.
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