Redefining Family: A Birthmother's Path to Wholeness

A. K. Snyder

thg 1 2020 · Own Your Path Sách 1 · Wandering River Press · Người đọc: A. K. Snyder

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“This story is necessary in terms of bringing the beauty and agony of adoption out of the shadows.”

Written as a narrative to my daughter, I wanted her to have the whole story. Where she came from. Why I placed her for adoption. And how, for the next eighteen years, I hovered on the edges of her family, granted access by her generous parents, but always wanting more. More for her, and more for me. This daughter, who arrived before I was ready for her, redefined love and hope and family.

I am not ready, not able, to raise you.

Ten years too early, I need time to grow up.

To offer you, I have love.

And nothing else.

You need more than I have to give,

Unless I give you up.

To parents who are ready, waiting, to raise you.

Ten years wanting, with a ready home.

Parents who have love,

And everything else, too.

If I do it,

If I break my own heart to spare yours,

Will it work?

Will you be happier, healthier this way?

And will I ever be okay again?

This unconventional memoir tells the story of a kinship adoption from the perspective of a birthmother. The intimate narrative will break your heart, then heal it, with new perspectives on adoption, openness, and the complex ways we define family.

Giới thiệu tác giả

A. K. Snyder writes in multiple genres: narrative nonfiction tinged with self-help and humor, speculative science fiction, short stories, and picture books. She is an active member of Tampa Writers Alliance and the Florida Writer's Association. She lives in Florida with her husband and chubby beagle.