The Fear of Asking: Praying as an Adoptee

“Before this book, I had never connected my adoption with the way I pray. The realization hit me like a truck. Even though I intellectually know it isn’t true (and isn’t even possible), I’m afraid of being a burden to God, afraid of being an annoying little human who asks for too much and who is too obnoxious to keep around, afraid of God deciding I’m too hard to keep.”