[Asian Moon]

Dear Mom or Dad,

Guess what? I'll be 19 in a little over a month! I'm very excited because that's the age my adoption agency allows me to search for you (Catholic Charities, I think? I'm not positive)!! I've been waiting to find you for as long as I can remember. I'm sure you're just an ordinary, every-day person, but all my life I've dreamed that you would be famous or rich or even royalty! My fantasy world has been woven into rich tapestries and I owe my rich intellectual musings to you.
Right now I'm a senior in high school here in MN. I'm excited to be almost done, but a little nervous at the same time. I don't want to lose my friends, who are going off to different colleges across the country. But I haven't much time to think about that. I'm a very active student, participating in choir, show choir (2), band, marching band, pep band (I play the flute and the bassoon), science olympiad, speech team, drama (our spring play- my final HS play- is in 3 weeks!), spanish club, and I was on the swim team (but, of course, there's not time enough to keep doing everything! ) I like school, although some teachers are still pretty strict and don't have much sympathy for the "senioritis" that's running rampant. But, it keeps me on my toes.
What else? There's so much I could tell, I'm not sure which to say first. I found this site recently, while doing an AP enlish paper on adoption, and found it interesting. So, I joined tonight in hopes that you would read this (or some other birth parent needing a little boost ) to know that I'm happy and healthy, about to graduate high school, and wanting to find you.. to know who you are, what you do for a living, if I really look like you... I wonder if I have your eyes, dad's nose, grandma's hands... I hope to someday find that out. If you were a birthparent who gave up a little Asian-American girl (born 4/8/85, adopted 6/13-14/85) in Albert Lea, MN, please post here or AIM me (Tierney Bridget). And if this letter has helped ease the pain in your heart, though you mayn't be my parents, please let me know as well if I made a little sunshine peep through those clouds...

Love, your Daughter