Life Changing Moment Essay: A Moment That Changed My Life

Everyone has a moment in his or her life that changes everything forever. The moments may be good or bad, big or small, scary or calming. It could be the birth of a child, the death of a father, or the marriage of a couple. An artist 's life changing moment may be the first time he or she picks up a paintbrush. A Coach’s moment may be when he or she wins nationals after 30 years of trying. Whatever the moment, it changes a person whether it be for the better or for the worse. Any moment can become a life changing moment. The moment that changed my life was when I was adopted.
China’s one child policy was implemented in the 1970s due to its growing population and many babies were given up for adoption. I was one of those babies. The police found me in front of a local store, wrapped up in a blanket and only months old. This was common at the time. Many people were scared of the retributions if they didn’t follow the one child policy. Parents would leave their child in a public area in hopes that someone would find them and take them. I was taken to an orphanage in the providence Hunan and was cared for along with hundreds of other babies. The orphanage was small with cribs everywhere and there was little to eat, but the workers did their best. Nevertheless, I was malnourished and had pneumonia. Back in the United States my parents decided to adopt another child from China. They spent months going through paperwork and preparing a room I would

Do I have a brother or a sister I don’t know about? Do I have my mother’s eyes? My father’s nose? I will never know. The more I think of them, the more questions arise. I long to know more about them. Sometimes I imagine myself meeting them and what their reactions would be, but the crushing fact that I don’t know who they are silences all