Title: He Cried at His Birthday Cake. Then Whispered, “My Birthday Was Yesterday.”
When my adopted son, Joey, stared at his birthday cake in silence, I thought he was simply overwhelmed. But then tears rolled down his cheeks. “My birthday was yesterday,” he whispered.
My heart sank.
According to his adoption papers, today was his birthday. What else had been hidden from me?
They had asked, “Do you want a boy or a girl?”
But I just wanted to be a mom—to give someone a home, to make love the foundation they’d grow on.
And that someone turned out to be Joey.
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