Now, for most adopted youth this idea is ironic, it was ironic even for me. The state of lasting unchanged, indefinitely. It must be a joke because only "normal" kids get that.

We are capable of changing the world; we just need people who believe in us.

Unfortunately this work isn’t something I can put on my resume, but despite all the residual “what-ifs”, building permanency for a child is the greatest work I’m going to do in my lifetime!

Not everyone is lucky, not everyone gets a forever family, and the unconditional love that comes along with it; and for those who never do, they wait and wait until it finally sinks in that it is never happening.