A Post Secret, one of many I've seen from an adoptee, adoptive parent, birth mom:
But then a rebuttal from another secret-poster:
Birthmoms,
Please oh please don't believe all adopted kids feel this way. I need you...Please look for us. I'm looking for you.
Postsecret seems a perfect fit for sending your secret, scary, confusing feelings about adoption--the things you're too scared to say aloud--as they are anonymous. It's congruent with the culture of closed adoption itself, what with all the name changing and grief and secrets. But when I read a Postsecret from someone touched by adoption it makes me sad because I fear that person is alone with his/her feelings and may not have any other way to explore them. That's a very isolating place to be.
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