to my "adopted" mom I  "thank"  you

Ever since I can recall I have known that I was adopted.My parents never hide the fact that they adopted me when I was two days old.My sisters and brother all knew,everyone in the family knew.There was no family secrets about it.in fact because we lived in such a small town, EVERYONE knew !!! most people were good about not commenting about it to me,that is except my peers , and for that matter my sisters and brother ( kids will be kids ) .They would make hurtful comments about how my " real parents" left me to die on the side of the road, that I wasn't wanted, at all.that I was most likely the product of rape, and that my biological mother hated me.some felt my  bio- mother was a druggy and abused me... the list goes on.All I know is , is that all along my mother was stright foward with me.she she told me that I could look for my bio mother at anytime, ( thanks ma but no thanks!!) .as the years passed and our relationship was tested time and time again, I played the sernios in my head," that's it I'm leaving!!! I hate this house, these people and HER!!!! they don't get it , they never will they have a family history I DON"T !!! BOOO, HOOO...:(       ( you guessed it those were my TEEN AGE YEARS)   But that was never the case, in fact I had more support than most adoptees do,in fact some don't even know that they are adopted!!! I always got such a kick when people would say that I looked so much like my mother,I just smile and thank them.My mom and I are so very close  ,we talk to each other at least once a day,we worked together for four years at our family run salon.Even today my sister's and brother give mom and I a hard time because we are so alike, so with mother's day coming up this week end I just want to share the thought that it's not a shameful thing to be adopted,please don't hide it from your childen,the only ones you are protecting from the truth is you the adult.I am adopted,I will always be adopted,I cannot change that fact.But because of how I was raised it's a good part of who I am today,so THANK YOU MA!!!! LOV YOU MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW!!!! JACCI