Child of Mine
My name is Maisie Dearing and I am adopted. I was raised and loved by my parents, Claire and Owen. It always astonished me how someone can love a child so completely and utterly who wasn't their own, but they did. They made me feel as though I truly was their own even though I knew I wasn't.
I am an only child- from both my old family and my new one. I am 37-years-old now, with two children of my own.
I remember when I had been with mum and dad for about a year, I'd asked them if I could call them mum and dad. They said yes. I think that was the day that I truly began to accept that I was a part of the family.
I know now how you can love any child in your care. I adopted just like I was, so I could kind of understand what my parents went through. I think I love my children more than anything. I thought I loved my kitten- Blue- but it turns out the love I harbour for my children is so intense, it sometimes feels as though my heart will burst. Does every parent feel that? I guess I'll never know.
What I do know? I have the best family I could ever hope for- the family I made, and the family I was lovingly and surprisingly brought into.
A/N: here's the final instalment of Child of Mine! It was originally meant to be a one shot but it turned into a three shot. I hope you like it!
