MY PARENTS WALKED AWAY FROM ME AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN I WAS 13 — MY MOTHER WENT PALE WHEN THE DEAN CALLED MY NAME

my face.

Rachel cried too.

We sat there holding each other until Pancake became jealous and demanded attention.

The adoption process took another four months.

Then, on my fourteenth birthday, I officially became Sarah Torres.

Rachel celebrated with a small party attended by her friends and several kids I knew from the hospital support group.

We ate chocolate continue reading …