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I'm the immediate PP. I really cannot relate to this desire of yours that your adopted child resemble you more. However, I have come up against moments where I wish I were more like my children.

My son is joyful and physically challenges himself in a way that I never did. I'm proud of him. I held myself back and wish I'd had more of his spirit growing up. Besides the most perfect complexion (sigh), my daughter also is very solid about getting her emotional needs met up front. I so admire that in her because I've lived too much of my life with a make-do, get-what's-offered sensibility. Her way is better and I wish I'd had it in me, growing up.

The connection I feel to them is based on the journey we share and the investment we make in each other as Family. Not any genetic connection. They're both gorgeous---taller than me, better builds, fabulous health, perfect vision. We hardly resemble one another. But since that's not what makes us family, it simply doesn't matter.

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