We give you thanks for the child who has come to bless this family and for the parents who have taken this child to be their own.

By the power of your love, (name(s) of parent or parents) fill with trust, understanding and affection.

Watch over this child, protect it from all harm and fill its life with blessings and happiness.

I am (now) aware of my adoption. This is my home, yet I (now) know that my birth parents are others beyond my life parents.

Help me and be with me as I feel these emotions. Be with me and help me to come to terms with being connected to people whose faces I may never have seen, whose names I may never know.

Guide me through thoughts of anger, frustration, fear or guilt. Free my mind of any negativity I might consider on myself or my adopted parents and family.

For I see in the understanding of UCA that everything has a purpose and everything happens for a reason.

I understand that I am special and I am loved by you.

Grant me the peace to accept my unique life journey and to love those who love me, whether we share more of the same DNA or not.