This is the statement and verse that I created for 10 PRJCT…
“Jenny is exploring the ties that are broken when a child is given up for adoption.
For the adopted child, ties with her birth family are often broken forever when she is placed with a new family. There are those who believe those severed ties are of no consequence, but the frayed edges of any cord is evidence of a cut and for the adoptee they remain like scars of that severed connection with the past.
As the years pass into adulthood her history dies with the older family members she never knew; by those who felt they must keep the secret hidden forever.
A letter written by the pregnant girl’s mother, whilst on the one hand supports her daughter in her predicament, also conveys her anxiety for the future and the urgency in finding another home for her grandchild when it is born.
The girl is living in an era where she will face humiliation and disgrace in the eyes of her community if the knowledge of her situation becomes known. Her mother assumes control of the situation in order to minimise the damage to her and her family’s reputation.”
Severed Ties
A chill permeates the warm summer air
Her secret discovered
The dilemma
The shame
Her family unite
Few options
She cannot keep it
Abortion is illegal
Adoption the only choice
People gossip
A confidence broken
A childless couple
Her mother writes
Years pass
Her past is hidden
Like a puzzle
Missing pieces
Never complete…
