Miller Family
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Tell us how adoption has changed your life:
Now there's a very good reason not to get enough sleep, to miss the newest movie or the latest book - Nothing has taught me more about love and wanting to give, while at the same time learning that giving my daughter space to grow into her self is most important – than adopting Emma. Now when I feel like I'm missing something in my life I know exactly where she is. Oh, and I look at recipes now! That's huge.
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Share a lesson from your experience that is relevant to all families:
My daughter is Chinese and I am White. We've had people talk to us - especially on the subway - asking if she knows she's adopted. I remember when she was about 7, Emma’s first response to me was 'Don't they see me sitting here? Don’t they think I speak English?' She wasn't sassy. Just matter of fact. We talked about adoption openly from the start.
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Tell us what changes you would like to see made in the adoption experience:
As far as international adoptions go, the waiting process is too long but I'd have waited a million years for my daughter.
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