Vol. 6, No. 2 May 2002
What adoption means to me
by Matthew Wayne Price, age 11, Cooleemee, NC
What adoption means to me. Adoption is a new life for me and my sister.
I have an enormous family. I have a new Mom and Dad, three new sisters,
and one new brother. I also have new grandparents, aunts, uncles, and
cousins. My favorite person is my cousin Mark. I met him when my Dad
and I went to Oklahoma last summer. We spent a lot of time together.
We went swimming, fishing, snipe hunting (which I did not like! I got
scared).
I also love my Grandpa Wayne, my Dads Dad. He is really neat.
He has a tire shop in Pauls Valley Oklahoma. His shop has a lot of neat
old things in it and he has lots of stories to tell about them. I liked
helping him work when we were there. When we got back home it was almost
time for my adoption and I got to change my middle name, which is Matthew.
I didnt like my first name, it was Terry. I got to choose a new
middle name. I decided I wanted it to be Wayne like my new Grandpa.
So my name now is Matthew Wayne Price. I like that a lot and my Grandpa
likes it too.
I made my Dad and Mom happy too. They are really neat too. Even though
they adopted my sister and I, they still foster other children. I have
two foster brothers and a foster sister right now. My Mom and Dad love
children. We do lots of things together. We go on picnics, to ball games,
to the park and sometimes out to dinner and a movie. The best part about
it is we always do it as a family. We also go to church as a family
too. I like it when we do things together.
My Mom and Dad are special because they let us see our birth parents.
That is important to me because now I know that they are doing better
and changing their lives. Another thing that is special about my parents
is that they help me with school work, and projects, and see that I
have what I need for school so I can improve my grades.
That is what adoption means to me, a new and better life.