LETTERS FROM ADULTS WHO WERE PLACED FOR ADOPTION AS NEWBORNS This letter was written by a young woman from Dyersburg, TN To whom it may concern: The biggest blessing in my life is the fact that my mother was unable to have children. At the young age of 6 weeks, my parents brought me into their home and loved me unconditionally. The only complaint that I have about my parents is that they love me too much. The only reason they were able to do this was because, my birth parents loved me enough to step aside and give me the best possible life they could. The hardest thing they had to do was the best thing they could have done for me and I will always be grateful. As I expect my first child in just a matter of weeks I am so in love with him that I sometimes wonder if in the same situation I would be unselfish enough to put him up for adoption. I can only hope that I would make the right decision. As I look at my life I can see it all falling into place. I am married to a wonderful man, expecting my first child and have the wonderful support of my family around me. I sometimes wonder what my life would have been like if my mother could have had children and my birth parents had made a different decision. I seriously doubt that my life would be as happy and joyful as it is today. No matter what happens in my life I will always thank my birth parents for having enough courage to give me the life that they knew that they couldn’t, and to God for not letting my mother be able to have children.