It's not easy being green...

This week we've been thinking about music that fits in with adoption, and there were many songs that we thought of, but one that first came to my mind being Kermit the Frog's "It's Not Easy Being Green".

I've always loved this song when I was a kid (and the Muppets in general), and I think it really fits and when you listen to it, no matter how simple it seems it arguably is one of the best songs ever written.  

The song of course is not just about skin color, but about growing up and being perceived as different from everyone else.  Finding out what you are capable of and who you are.  Knowing that you can learn to be happy with who you are and what you have, but also that it isn't important to try and be like everyone else or need to be accepted by everyone.  What's important is to understand how special you are and be confident in how special you can become. 

Being an adopted child, a birth-mom or adoptive parents you can definitely feel this way, and you may strive for acceptance from those around you because you feel so different.  

Because it may not be easy being green  ;)  but there is always love in the people who accept you for who you are and the choices you make.  You just need to find them and stay connected with them to help you grow.  You don't need to change who you are, just realize that being green is just fine!

Watch Kermit sing it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpiIWMWWVco


- JB