be-musings

Growing up, I wondered why there seemed to be fewer pictures of me than my 3 older siblings. I thought about it alot for a while, and then the answer came one day. I remembered my father saying I was adopted. I deduced that perhaps I was a toddler when I came to join the family. That explained the lack of baby pictures. It also explained why, in actuality, there was no one else in the family who really looked like me, especially my brother and I. Here's me in Elementary School:



And here's him at about the same age:


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Now that I truly understand, I can be happy in my identity and search for a family with people who truly resemble me.