“You’re starting a new school,” she said; “don’t tell your new friends you were adopted.”
What about my friends at my old school? I guess I don’t have to talk to them anymore.
Won’t someone notice that there aren’t any baby pictures? I could just flip through pictures quickly if it comes up.
What is my ethnicity? Lie.
How do I respond when they say I don’t look like my Dad? Smile and say “OK.”– hope they move on.
What about my old yearbooks? Hide them.
Don’t tell anyone – forever? I guess that’s what she means.
“OK,” I quietly responded.
Katherine Shehadeh is an attorney, wife, and mom to two little boys. When not busy with work and family, she enjoys traveling, reading, and writing. Twitter: @your_mominlaw.
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