"Adoption Is Hard Sometimes"

My daughter said she got sad while coloring because she saw a page she had colored with her first mom.  I asked her how she feels when surprised by memories like that.  Does she wish she didn’t have them?  She said that it depends. Sometimes it is nice, but other times she wishes it wouldn’t happen. 

Then she said, “Adoption is hard sometimes, especially for me because I get really emotional.”  I assured her that she is just the right amount of emotional.

That’s a pretty smart girl!