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Adoption Personal Statement

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From the young age of twelve, I knew that I wanted to be a piano teacher. So, I did. I began teaching at 15 and figured I was all set for life. Then when I was 26 I adopted twins from Milwaukee county. I soon discovered their needs were greater than I had anticipated. It was difficult to find resources and support for the challenges we were facing as a family. Fast forward to 2009 after my third was born I had an itch to change careers. I still enjoyed teaching but my heart was pulling in another direction. I wanted to help people in a more practical way and thus began my vision. The twins and I saw several therapists to help us through attachment and adoption issues they were facing. It’s rare to find someone to has lived the experience of adoption! We did manage to …show more content…

Well, because I was in one. From birth until 26 I was indoctrinated into a cult. I was a 5th generation member of the Jehovah Witness cult and had family members who died in a Germany concentration camp. I thought that knocking on doors and studying the “Bible” with people (I use quotation marks because they have their own translation) was pleasing to god. As it turns out, there are other ways to live! Once I realized that I didn’t believe any more I had to begin the process of rebuilding my life. Thankfully, my mother had always encouraged me to get an education so I had attended some college (Jehovah Witnesses strongly object to educating their members). I had to completely rebuild my circle of friends since I only had friends and family that were JW. I began the process of reanalyzing everything that I thought to be true under these new conditions of freedom. I’m grateful that my parents and brother left when I did but I still have a sister in the cult. We haven’t spoken for years and our kids are missing the chance to grow up with cousins. Leaving a cult is extremely difficult and often lonely and I enjoy helping people through that

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