[looking2foster.adopt]

my adoptive parents were my foster parents from age 3-6 1/2 i was legally adopted when i was 7 and i didn't understand the concept,only that i knew i was adopted. Don't get me wrong they did provide for me by getting me clothes,feeding me taking me on trips etc. but the one thing that was non exsistant was them telling me they loved me,supporting me when i was asked to share my hopes/dreams for my future. I was always on the recieving side of some form of Physical or Verbal abuse growing up,ranging from "we made a mistake about you","we had no choice because no one wanted a child with so many problems etc etc. I'm 25 and the latest one was i wish we had washed our hands of you before we knew what we were getting into.
it was mostly my adopted mom and me my adopted dad would just stand there and let her do all that she did and when i tried to talk or fight back to defend myself it was always "Teri Stop It" it was NEVER Dori stop it. Everything was my fault. When i know it wasn't. I was spat on,hit with a belt,hand,shoes,i had my hair pulled,i was laughed at constantly when it came to sharing my hopes/dreams of where i saw myself when i was grown etc. My adoption wasn't a match made in heaven.
Anyway I met my birth mom when i was 13 and our relationship has grown tremendously and now i'm a proud big sister of 2 little sisters C c(6) and Lil Rose(1)