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What Adoption is All About
Posted by: Steve Kirsh
August 18, 2009

This past weekend I had the pleasure of playing golf with one of my former clients and his twenty year old daughter, whom he and his wife adopted as a newborn. Katie (not her real name) is a delightful, self-confident, charming, young lady. She plays on her college golf team and carries better than a B average (in spite of having dyslexia). When you talk to Katie, she looks you in the eye; she has a firm hand shake. She did not lose her composure when she hit a bad shot. In fact on the 16^th hole, I commented about an unlucky bounce that she got, leaving her with a very awkward shot back to the fairway. Her response was, "That's all right. Sometimes you learn more from those kind of shots". I thought to myself what a mature, healthy attitude she has. I understand that golf is just a game, but it shows a lot about a person's character.

I know that Katie's birth mother wanted what was best for her daughter, and when she made an adoption plan for Katie twenty years ago, she wanted Katie to have all the opportunities that she could not provide. If she ever has a chance to meet Katie, I am certain that she will know she made the right decision.

Katie is what adoption is all about. As an innocent newborn, Katie had her whole life in front of her. She was adopted by a family who gave her a world of opportunities, nurtured her, and loved her so that she could reach her full potential. Of course, Katie is only twenty years old. With God's blessings, she has more of her life ahead of her than behind her. Katie will do great things and will make both her birth parents and adoptive parents proud.

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