Yes, I'm blessed. Yes, I'm adopted.

I had an amazingly relaxing birthday and enjoyed every moment of my day.
Every year when my birthday rolls around I am not just reminded how
quickly age is adding up, but also how blessed I am to be adopted by such wonderful parents!

My dad's family has a hereditary disease called Huntington's Corea.
It is an awful disease that slowly kills the nerves in your brain,
and as of now there is absolutely no cure or medication whatsoever for this disease.
My parents had decided that they did not want to take the chance of
passing this disease onto a child that they might conceive, so they began discussing
adoption.  My birth mother was a single mother with one toddler boy already and
from what I know/can guess she did not know who my father was or have
the means or will to keep me.
My adoptive parents received me on December 3 {my gotcha day}
and I haven't ever doubted their love for me since. I truly do believe
that it was the best thing that could have ever happened to me even though
at the time of adoption I could have never known.

However, as I am writing this my daddy is looking down on me from heaven
because unfortunately Huntington's took him from us, but I am so thankful
that I have been able to be a part of such an incredible family.
I should mention, not only are my parents the best but my extended family
is the best a girl could ever ask for and we all forget that I was even adopted.
{In fact, one time we were looking through family pictures and my mom
pointed out a picture and said 'look britt, it is me and you in the hospital.'
Yeah, it was a blonde moment because in fact it was her sister who looks
exactly like her and my cousin, but it made us all smile}

I would love if you would comment any questions
you might have about being an adopted child or the adoption process.
Seriously, ask anything I do not get easily offended and I am super open.
I will then post the answer to these questions in a later post!

In the United States November 17 is National Adoption Day and along
with Sarah from Journeys of the Zoo,
we will be doing a link up for all adopted kids and/or parents.

Want to Share Your Story?

Note that "your story" might be about a child, friend, brother, sister that is adopted.  It does not have to be YOU that was.
If so, here are the details:

1. Add your blog or name to the linky below.
2. Write a post related to adoption.
3. Sarah will email you the logo and linky code on November 16.
4. Post your story and the linky to your blog on November 17.