All humans must answer the question, "Who Am I?" Our sense of identity affects everything in our lives- from our choices to our values. Our identity is our all-encompassing system of memories, experiences, feelings, thoughts, relationships, and values that define us. For most, this question is answered through family pictures, reunions, and stories passed down from generation to generation. However, the answer is not automatically answered when abandoned at a young age.
"They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals.
I say only that an abandoned child never forgets."
Marion Balotelli
Throughout my life, I had an internal drive to seek out both birth parents. My abandonment trauma made me question my self-worth as questions throughout my life raced through my mind.
Did my birth mother love me?
Why did she abandon me?
Was I to blame for my abandonment?
Given access to my adoption papers piled in a shoebox, my odyssey began.
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