There is no way to summarize my capstone topic.  My goal was to learn more about adoption, how it works, and all the good things about adoption.  I also learned that there is an ugly side to adoption such as, adoption trauma and all the stories I read. For example, the Smolin sisters were not suppose to be put up for adoption.  There mother sent them to the orphanage to get an education and in the meantime she could earn some money.  Instead, they were put through the adoption process against their will.

I used the internet to find facts about each move and I also found stories.  The personal stories helped me out the most because they came from people who have gone through hard times.  The stories made it seem real and it made my capstone more interesting.

There were some lows and highs when I was writing my capstone. I thought that the stories were both a high and a low.  They were a high since they made my capstone more interesting. They were also a low since what people had gone through was sad and it made me realize that there are some cruel people in the world .  For example, Maddy has had at least several different homes before going off to college.  Yelena and her brother had faced traumatic experiences in Ukraine.  She is not able to find her oldest brother, mother, father, and youngest brother.  I wonder where are they? Will they ever reunite?

During my capstone I spoke to Emily, who is from an Asian country.  Emily is now around 28 years old and married.  She reunited with her mother when she was younger.  She said it was nice to see her and fit the missing pieces together. But her birth mother wanted her to move back and have her live with her.  Emily knew she did not want that and eventually had to cut her out of her life for good.  

I learned the ugly, the good, and the complicated side of adoption.  Reading all the stories and articles made me want to adopt a child when I am older.  But I don’t know how my classmates will benefit from this since I am thinking of adopting when I am older.  I do not know if my classmates would do the same as me. No one understands why I am doing my capstone about Adoption, except me.  My mother asks me why am I doing this about adoption. Why do I care so much to do a whole english paper about it.  I chose adoption since I want to learn more about it and how the process works. I finally understand the true meaning of adoption.