Is It Possible…

…to be thankful and angry at the same time? For/at the same things?

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I am thankful to my adoptive parents for everything they have given me.

And I am angry that they didn’t (don’t?) try and understand “my” “issues” with adoption, race, and identity.

I am thankful for my kind, loving, and helpful partner.

And I am angry that I am not fully accepted by my partner’s family, in large part because of my race.

I am thankful for my present relative health.

And I am angry that I don’t know more anything about my medical history.

I am thankful that there are some great, thoughtful, smart, witty people in the adoption world.

And I am angry that there are some really benighted and ignorant people out there as well. (Yep, still ticked about this!)

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Happy Thanksgiving from the Land of the Not-So-Calm.