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Grieving biological children you never had while loving your adopted child

I adopted a child after years of infertility and I love him fiercely but sometimes I still grieve the biological children I never had and feel ashamed of that grief.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The heart can simultaneously hold gratitude and loss, loving what is while mourning what was never possible.

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