Aimee Thanatogenos

“It can undermine the most sincere parental commitment and force adoptees to suffer in private, choosing either rebellion or conformity as a mode of relating.”
― Sherrie Eldridge, Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew

“...they look at adoption through rose-colored glasses, trying to make it a win/win situation for unplanned pregnancies and infertility, never giving a thought about what effect adoption has on the child.”
― Sherrie Eldridge, Twenty Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make

“Adoptive parents often say about adoption day: "It was the happiest day of our lives!" While most of us are happy to be adopted, our own hearts tell us that adoption day was the most painful day of our lives, for the person with whom we shared deep intimacy suddenly disappeared from our world.”
― Sherrie Eldridge, Twenty Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make

“I have this deep need to bond with real blood relatives, but I feel like I'm not really a part of either of my families.”
― Sherrie Eldridge, Twenty Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make