My name is Abigail Tolleson. I am 20 years old, I am attending College at Central Georgia Technical College to pursue a degree in Information Technology, and I am adopted.
Being adopted is a beautiful thing to me, because you have your own personal story to tell other people. It’s also a great conversation starter when talking to someone you just met.
Since I was a little baby, my parents always told me that I am adopted. I was adopted through an agency in Florida. My mom and my birth mother wrote letters back and forth to each other; this is how we kept in contact because personal information could not be released. My parents always told me that when I turned 18, they would help me start the reunification process to talk to my birth family.
I knew that I had an older sister, younger sister and half-brother. Some questions I had for my birth mother were: Are you and my birth father still together? Do I have any more siblings? Why did you give me up for adoption? These three questions were constantly on my mind for years.