Single. 21. Adopted at 5 years old, birth mother.
How did it feel having your child taken into care?
“I actually went insane when I gave him up because I do love him so much”
How did you feel when you met your adoptive family?
“I did want to live with my parents, which hurt me because I got took off my family and lost all my family where they’ve all had to go in different places like children’s home and everything like that.”
What were the hardest things for you about being adopted?
“Sometimes I feel pushed out of the family which they don’t push me out the family but that’s how I feel in my heart because I know I’m not their daughter”
Have you decided to look for your birth family?
“I met my dad at about sixteen years of age. I lived with him for a while but I’d rather not see him anymore because he was so nasty to me”
Do you know why you were taken in to care?
“I know why I was taken into care, it was because my mum was a druggie and a alcoholic and she doesn’t know how to look after children”
Did you have any breakdowns in your adoption?
“at fifteen years of age I was running away, running away from my parents and also I found my birth family”
How did it feel having your child taken into care?
“I actually went insane when I gave him up because I do love him so much”
