A Letter To My Abandoning Birth Parents

Dear People Who Gave Birth To Me:

I had one dream in high school with you in it, birth mother. All I remember from the dream was your kind, soft smile, your beautiful eyes and long black hair that I must have gotten from you. I know you kept me for as long as you could and I know you couldn't take care of me. My parents (the ones who adopted me) told me I was always playful and had a contagious personality. I must have been truly loved to be so openly joyful in a communist country. I do not remember you outside of my dream, but I have always loved you both and I know you loved me, too.

There is a very small probability that we meet, but I hope you know in your heart that I am eternally grateful that you risked your lives to keep me and then let me go so that I could have a better life. I was raised in America with so much love surrounding me, freedom, and learned how to be a good person by the act of my parents. I am the only extroverted one in my family; I must have gotten it from you. One of the best and most prestigious universities in the world accepted me, and I am learning and being challenged every day. I am intelligent, bright, witty, caring, friendly, silly, etc.

Because of you I am alive and have all of this to live for. Because of you I have all of these opportunities. Because of you I am going to make every moment worthwhile. I am going to make a difference in this world.

Sincerely,

L