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I, too, can not hide my daughter's adoption as it is transracial. Although lately a few people have commented that she looks just like me. LOL I think the only thing that is similar between us is ATTITUDE. I love talking about her adoption. I love talking about the process -- which was not all peaches and cream but not a real horror story. Part of our relationship is the adoption. And I am proud of it. I also have also loved talking about my own adoption (which was out of the foster care system). It all depends on your personality I guess, my sister (bio adopted with me) hates hates hates talking about our adoption. And I have to say that these days I know very few people who are not in some way touched by adoption.

I was sitting at my daughter's gymnastics lessons the other week and in her class alone there is a boy adopted domestically, a boy adopted from Vietnam, a girl adopted from Taiwan, and a mom who has just enetered reunion with her bio family. And those are just the ones that I KNOW of.

Samantha