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Hi My name is Andi and I have been reading these threads, they are so hard to imagine any of you having to go through this. I have 4 bio children and understand the beauty of falling in love with a your child. To have them taken away is unthinkable, I would want to die. So that is what has lead me here. My parents didn't finalize my adoption for a year after getting me. The emotions they endured I will never know. The waiting had to be the hardest. Or just the unknown. A whole year of what ifs?. They loved me so dearly, and to loose me they would have possibly not attempted again. It just might have been to much. So I want to say thankyou to everyone that has lost a child, or may possibly have a failed adoption. I guess this is for anyone who is considering,or in the process of adoption. Thankyou for your strengh and hope. Thankyou for putting everything out there, and risking it all. Thankyou for your patience. Thankyou for the guts you all have, not all people would do it. Some people can't endure the pain, or worry it will go bad. So from an adoptee that has thanked her parents, I want to offer my prayers and love to all of you. Without all of the above qualities I would never have been placed in my parents arms on Christmas Eve of 1968. Thank god they were willing. I love them more then words can describe. I hope their is a child in the world waiting to be able to say this to you all one day, Bug Hugs, andi