I Kept My Family's Secret For Over 60 Years. Now, I'm Finally Telling The Truth.
Huff PostThe author at 16 months old with her parents, one month after she arrived in the U.S. Mom convinced me to keep her secret by telling me that everyone would think my birth mother was “a prostitute” ― that I was conceived in shame. Mom later told me her first reaction upon seeing me was, “Why couldn’t I have a healthy baby like everyone else?” My mom and dad provided food and shelter but left me hungry for the nurturing, love, and attention a child needs from a parent. “Education is the one thing they can’t take away from you,” Dad would say many evenings as he drank whiskey to unwind from his job as a research scientist. On the rare occasions when I complained or questioned my parents, they would retort, “Where would you be if we didn’t adopt you?” They never told my brother these words because he fulfilled their traditional Chinese filial duty to have a son to carry on the family name.
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I Kept My Family's Secret For Over 60 Years. Now, I'm Finally Telling The Truth.
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