Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “sealing/ceiling.” Use one, use both, have fun! Here are the rules and pingback.
Oh man, this post might be another dark one. Sealing … think think think. Records are sealed. I am denied my basic right as a human being. Simply to know who I am!
From the moment of conception
A mistake
An accident
Unplanned
Born
Kicked to the Curb
Adopted into a loving family
Denied by her tribe
Given a good home
She should be grateful
Really?
Would you be?
Sealing of records
Unless you petition a court
And even then
You may not win
The right to know
Who you are
Who I am
A right which is inalienable
Is denied to few
Sealing my fate
From the moment of conception
J-Dub's Grin and Bear It 
Who do they think they’re protecting by keeping the records sealed? I think they’re doing you, as an adult, a disservice by not giving you access to your the details of your origin. Maybe someday you’ll learn the truth — not of who you are, you know that, but of where you came from.
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The birth family is who they are protecting. Surely not me. I’m a second class citizen.
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No, you’re not. For whatever reason, good or not so good, you were given up for adoption. The good news is that you survived and, from what I’ve read on your blog, thrived. That’s first class.
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I could absolutely see feeling that way. I dated someone who was adopted at birth. And in highschool, he wondered about his birth mom.
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Yeah it’s kind of like a basic instinct almost. Not that I’m looking for a relationship at 52 years old. It’s just that it would be nice to know what a minimum my medical history so I could quit using unknown.
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Yes. I’m surprised they aren’t forced to put that down – the medical history.
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Sandi, they may be these days but in 1964, there was no requirement. Alias names were given and lies all around. I have some info that they call non-identifying which indicates no health history.
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Powerful words here Jill.
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I wish they were a powerful enough to change the rules. Thank you for commenting dear friend
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Me too but then again they don’t let me make the rules for a reason 🙂 My rules might be fair and make sense, to me anyway ;):)
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