Yesterday I was at work playing air hockey with some of my kids. I don't remember how it started, but they were talking about siblings and finally, they turned to me and asked about mine. (I knew it was coming, the great thing about kids, they always pull you into their conversations.) I started out saying I had two sisters, but then told them those weren't biological. I knew one girl in my group was adopted like me, so that was for her sake. Then this other girls speaks up and says that she was adopted as well! So the three of us sat around and talked about being adopted. One was from Russia, myself and the other girl are here in Texas. We talked about the biological siblings they had, why our parents had to give us up, how old we were when we were adopted (none of us over 8 months) and about our adopted families.
What I really enjoyed was even though they both like me, when they found out that Miss Heidi was like them, they established a connection that no one else in our group has. Yes they're 8 years old and it doesn't mean that much to them, but it means enough to know that I've got something in common with them. It was also fun to have the other kids listen in and ask questions etc. I love going to work!!
Happy 4th of July everyone!!!
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