My Mirror Stop

At first, I thought his adoption poetry was part of just growing up. A lot of kids are insecure, after all. Soon, however, it became a real problem. He seemed angry and unhappy, and his adoption poems had a very bitter edge to them. When my wife and I decided to tell him that he was adopted, it only confirmed what he had believed all along. It was a hard time for everyone. That is what we decided to get him some adoption poems of our own.

The first adoption poems were ones that we had composed. They were not actually about adoption, but about how much we treasured and loved him. He was going through a pretty cynical age, and he pretended to not appreciate them, but I could tell that deep down inside he was moved. Sometimes, it is hard to ask for the reinforcement and love that you need. As parents, it was our responsibility to know that he needed that love even though he was not able to ask.

When we got him a framed adoption poem, I can tell how moved he was. At first he just stared at it, but eventually he ran to us and hugged us. We have done some of the work, but then we had sent the piece in to a company that did its own custom poems and framing. They laid the whole thing out for us and printed it in a beautiful script. It turns out that framed adoption poems cost a little more than I would have expected, but it was definitely worth it. There is no price too great for having a happy child!