Laura Dennis, Lost Daughters blogger and author of Adopted Reality, has become such a dear friend to me. Although we live across the world from one another, we are closely in each other's heart-space. If you don't already know Laura, I can't wait to introduce her to you today in this guest post. She's a prolific writer with a unique voice that motivates scores of adoptees every day, to live our truth. Enjoy these words of wisdom from one who is living the journey. ~Deanna
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If it weren’t for the Lost Daughters blogging
community, the paths of Deanna Doss Shrodes and me, Laura Dennis, would never have crossed, let alone intertwined
in such a fulfilling friendship.
You see, Deanna is a
Pentecostal preacher in Florida with three nearly grown children. I, on the
other hand, am an East Coast bred, former dancer/non-believer living in Serbia
(yes, you read that right) with two crazy small children.
The most obvious thing that
we have in common is that we’re both adoptees. Yeah, yeah, you adoptees like
to gang up on everyone else, wallow in your pain, and accuse the rest of us of
ruining your lives. I can see where this post is going.
But there’s more to it than
that.
We’ve held cyber-hands
through some tough emotional situations. We have helped each other face
ongoing, complicated post-adoption issues. Show me a simple adoption issue, and I’ll show you a cold day in hot place. That’s
another thing Deanna’s taught me: sanctified cussing.
