My sister, Gabriella, decided a little while ago to “do something” about the lack of adoption resources for biological teens. I was also surprised that there was nothing to help me and my siblings through the adoption. So, I decided to join her in those endeavours. Since most of us are new to this whole blog thing, we do not know exactly what we are doing, but apparently this is supposed to be an introduction. So, here goes nothing.

I am 14 and have spent my entire life moving every two years. Due to this, my Church and my family have become the most stable and reliable parts of my life, and it is hard for me for anything within those parameters to change. This is so true of me that I once cried when my mom wanted to buy new dinner plates. She ended up having to find discontinued replacements on ebay. However, both of my parents have always wanted to adopt children at some point. Due to the fact that they were worried about how an adoption would affect me and my biological siblings, they intended to wait until all of us were out of the house. Despite this original intent, when a family of six girls was posted on Facebook, they took the risk and immediately contacted the agency about them. When we were told that they were already taken care of, I was surprised to find myself extremely sad to lose them. It was not like we had ever “had them,” but I was really hoping to have more siblings. Gabriella and I realized that we didn’t want to have siblings that were essentially strangers whom we only saw on holidays. We wanted them to be our brothers and/or sisters. This was strange to me at first. I don’t necessarily like change, and, as the only middle child, I wasn’t really sure I was ready to share that title with possibly four more kids. However, my desire to have more siblings to be friends with was strong enough that I was able to entertain the possibility of my normal life changing. So, we started the adoption process. Now, we have finished our dossier and are waiting to be matched to some kids. 

-Mikayla