Ophelia Zakias Poems

Happy birthday! It's hard to believe you're already 10 years old. I imagine I see the beautiful and intelligent woman you are quickly becoming and it brings a smile to my face as I read this letter. I would like to tell you so many things. The most important thing is that I love you. I have loved you since birth and I miss you so much. I spend a lot of time thinking, you know that. I spend a lot of time wondering if you are happy. I pray you are. I hope and pray that the choice they made kept you safe, healthy and happy. I hope your parents treat you like a princess, make sure you work hard at school, and help you develop a kind and loving character. I look forward to the day when I can finally see you again and tell you everything I want to tell you. But most of all, I want to hold you close to my heart and make sure you know that your mom and dad always loved and wanted you completely and utterly. I hope the birthday is special. i love you With all my love from birth mommy 💋❤️
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The world can be cruel, especially to innocent children who don't deserve to suffer the way I did. Being taken away from my mother at six was traumatizing enough, but being separated from my brother and placed into a foster home made it worse. Three years of adjusting and growing close to my foster parents felt like an eternity, but it was nothing compared to the news our social worker brought that fateful day.

Adopted? The word sounded foreign and unnatural to me. I already had a mother who loved us, and I couldn't bear the thought of calling someone else 'Mommy.' The idea of having new parents with new names felt like an identity theft. I had a name already, one that my mother had given me and I was proud of. The more I thought about it, the angrier I became. The happiness I had found in my foster home was at stake, and I didn't know what to do.
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