Narrative On Adoption

My story begins 5,077 miles away from my small little town now. I was born in Irbit, Russia in 1998. My adopted parents chose to adopt from Russia because of a TV program. My grandmother called them up to tell them they needed to watch a program about Russian children needed to be adopted. My adopted parents knew from there they wanted to adopt even though they had two boys already. Throughout the elongated process they were set to adopt a little boy named Alexander. However, they then soon found out he had already been adopted. The agency then sent my tape over because they were still interested in adopting. I was adopted in December of 1999 at sixteen months of age. Overall, being adopted has opened my eyes to the wondrous opportunities I’ve