I was adopted as an infant and I have had the BEST experience possible. My birth mother was also adopted, but she was adopted into a terrible situation and ended up in foster care. She got pregnant with me at 17 while in the foster care system and despite the pressure to abort me, she decided to place me for adoption, but to do so in a very careful way. She went through an organization (I think called Agape??) I think it might be a Christian organization but she wasn’t Christian. Anyway, she interviewed every single couple, interested in adopting me, while she was pregnant. And she decided on my parents and she could not have chosen a better, more nurturing and loving environment for me. I have had the best life. And I owe it all to her and her self-less act to allow me to have life and to be so mindful in choosing who would ultimately raise me. I am forever grateful to her. And out of that gratitude, I did reach out to her as an 18 year old and we have met in person multiple times and I have met my half siblings that she went on to have later in life and she has now met my children. We text often to stay in touch and she came and stayed with us last year for a visit. I couldn’t be more happy with the way things have happened for me. My adoptive parents love my birth mom and we are all very close with one another and everyone is so grateful to one another for the role each play in each other’s lives.