Starting over again.
I am beginning a new phase in my life.......
I was 5 years old. This was my fifth foster family and I had been with them for two and a half years.It shoukld have been my permanent family, but someone noticed me and wanted me.
They were adopting me to replace a son who had drowned, (not a fair position to put the child in, to have to live up to another childs standards). 6 monthhs after I arrived, they re other son drowned.
I do not remember the day I left to join that family. But, years later, when I was reunited with the last foster family I had had, my foster mother told me I had come downstairs, marched past everybody that was there to see me off and without so much as a parting glance at anyone, went to sit in the front seat of the car that would be taking me to meet up with my new family. My brothers and sisters were baulling their eyes out, watching me through the window, everyone was quite upset.
On the way home in the car with my new family, my new mother said out loud to the rest of the family, "What are we going to name him". Are you serious, youre going to change my name too! at which point I lost it and freaked out! My father had to get off the highway, so that I wouldnt get us into an accident, I was so upset, (a doctor I saw years later said that he believed it was at this point that I had had a nervous breakdown, and was the point where my PTSD started).
I erased the first 5 years of my life and everything in it.........and started over..........
So, if a child at 5 years old can do it, then anybody should be able to do it. Start over, wipe the slate clean, give a fresh go at it. Maybe its scary, maybe it seems so unsurmountable.But it can be done and will be if forced.
This is my new beginning......And you are my new Family.........thank you for being there.
Sincerely, Vincent (my birth name)............. (a.k.a. Douglas)
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Welcome to W.A Vincent. You bought a little tear to my eye. I myself am adopted. I don't know if I will ever meet my real family. But there's a lot of freedom to express ideas, questions, business plans, even your own personal life experiences. No one is better than anyone else here. Even the ambassadors that have been in W.A for a long time,are very friendly, and always keen to help everybody .Which ever direction you choose I know it will be the right one. Good luck to you.May much success come your way. Oh, one last thing. You can contact Kyle and Carson 24/7. They will get back to you, and have never let me down. Of course, you can go to your network too.I am still learning myself Vincent, but will try to answer any questions you may have. Good luck to you.
Hi Vincent,
Thank you for sharing your powerful story! I certainly hope life has been good to you since that event! WA can help make your dreams come true if you learn the lessons well and apply what you have learned. The computer is a wonderful instrument that can be a learning machine for you if you find the proper material! I certainly wish you much success in your new endeavors!
Michael Inman
With a story like that you probably will find your strength when ever you get discourage in life and if you dig deep enough you will conquer your fear and keep up the good work.
Its true that the experience has made it pretty easy to for me to let go of things, but starting up new things can be somewhat of a challenge for me.....
What a terrible experience. So glad you got through it and survived to tell the tale. I can't imagine how horrendous that must have been, but you are so right. Anyone can start over, no matter what age:) Kathy
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Everybody who is here, on this site, with this opportunity today can take the decision to draw a line in the sand and commit to doing whatever it takes from this point forward and not letting anything that happened yesterday, last week, last month or last year negatively influence their decisions.
Mark