[smalls86]

sometimes i just stop and think about my afamily and think of how they all are and how their personalities are all similar and i look at how some personality traits are somewhat different from one another. then i look at myself and see this whole different person who dont have similar personality traits...for example, everyone in my afamily are very social, they just love to talk. they can talk to just about anyone. and they are always kind to everyone. as for me i can be very quiet around people i dont know well but i always open up once i have been around the person enough. sometimes i tend to bottle things up and keep my feelings to myself...my afamily never bottles things up. realzing the difference between me and my afamily makes me think that i know something about my bfamily. cause i figure if i didnt get my quiet, laid back personality from my afamily then i must have gotten it from my bfamily...it makes me like to think that i know something about eaither my bmom or bdad through the my character.

has anyone else done this?

[sal]

I'm a reunited adoptee for almost 4 years now.......and finally realize that I'm exactly who I'm supposed to be. I, too, had a different temperament from my afamily which caused friction at times......(I was the outgoing, talkative one)......when I met my bfamily I found that I "fit like a glove".......(according to one of my bbrothers).....BUT.....I also realized that my adoption was what was supposed to be.....that I was to be my father's daughter......and that couldn't have happened without the adoption........guess you could say that my reunion actually gave me what I needed to finally be at peace with my adoption and with myself.