one of the great things about adoption (i think) is that liam will be able to grow up to be who HE wants to be, not who anyone else expects him to be. he is his own person, and not the product of of anyone's genes around here. if he wants to grow up to be a CPA (since neither i or my brother did!) and ski every winter, he can do that. but if he wants to grow up to be a mechanic, or pilot or senator, he can do that too. his genes are his own. he will obviously be influenced by us, and his birthparents are not that dissimilar to us. maybe he will be artistic, like his birthmother and me. maybe he will be more like his dad and birthfather. it's up to him.
while it's hard to look at his sweet face and see not bill or me, we are so lucky to know who he does look like. and so is he.
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What great thoughts! He may not look like you, but I bet he picks up plenty of your bad (uh, I mean good) habits. :-)
You are such a part of him!
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