Michelle

I just thought I'd take an opportunity to blog about someone who means so much to me, Michelle Peters. She and her husband Brad willingly adopted me into their family more than a year ago and made me their second daughter and gave me second parents and second siblings. It has been the most amazing experience I have ever had, living with a family that loves me and cares about me for who I am, not for the way they want me to be. I am accepted just the way I am.
It's amazing how after living there for more than a year, I still feel so close to them, and I realized last night after I approached Michelle and asked if I could "borrow her ear for a little while" that I can still be listened to, and cared about just as greatly as when I first moved in. I had been worried when I first moved in that this would all change six months down the line, as we would begin to get sick of each other, but just the opposite happened. Every day that passed, I feel closer and closer to this family, and I feel like I belong more and more. I tell Michelle everything, sometimes it takes me some time to come out with it, but she stands aside and is patient in knowing that I will come to her eventually. She is such a great listener and I know she's going to hate this blog because she hates compliments, but I don't care. She's just too good a person to not be blogged about.
She inspires me with her faith and her commitment to her family, and how good a mom she is. It makes me want to have kids of my own one day and watch them grow. I love watching her faith in God grow and it helps me grow.
Thanks Michelle for being so great to me and for "adopting" me as your own, when I didn't even expect or deserve it. I love you.
CHRISSY