The following is the first in a new series of posts by guest author Michael Hedges focusing on international adoption and life as an adoptive family. Stay tuned for further posts.  

For when you are 18

People will say we rescued you
Took you from a place of terror
Stole you from sickness

People will say we’ve done wrong
Kindled the fire
Broken a culture

People will question
How do we do it
How do you feel

But we will say you are
Strong
Proud

But we will say Love knows no
Continent
Color

But Love knows
Love knows
You

by Michael Hedges