"Another message adoptee anger carries with it is "I must protect myself against further loss. Therefore, I will shut you out." This is usually an unconscious thought, but it is evidenced by the adoptee who will let the adoptive mother get close enough to be "almost" a mother, but not completely." Sherrie Eldridge, Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
compassion, comfort, and hope for adoptive mothers through Biblical counsel.