Ra's Spiral Path

Tag: adoption

  • Poetry is Life

    Poetry is Life

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    Sarah
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    I’m feeling much better now.And this was not on the listSo I have to be quick.After suffering throughMy most difficult Mother’s Day yetI’m finally coming to understandIn my middle ageThat my adoptionIs essentialTo my core being.It will always be a painful subjectBut I could not be the personI am todayIf it had not occurred.I have…

  • Do you believe in miracles?

    Do you believe in miracles?

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    Sarah
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    I do. I had a conversation last night with someone I’d been hoping to meet my entire life (or at least since I was about 10 – so over 40 years). My biological father.

  • Life Story: Lies and Truths in America

    Life Story: Lies and Truths in America

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    Sarah
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    I’ve been asked if I am Italian.I’ve been asked if I am Mexican.I’ve been asked if I am Spanish,Native American, Greek.I have never been asked if I am AfricanOr part African.And why would I?I don’t look at all African(with the possible exception of Egyptian.And I do have 1% DNA from Mali)And yet this is the…