Our Journey Continues — an Adoption Reunion Story

More and more wonderful things are coming to light.

  I requested a “Non-Identification Report” from The Georgia Adoption reunion registry.

  Our social worker has finished the report and wanted to let me know that my very young mother tryed to fight to re-gain custody of my sister and I.  She very much wanted us, but we where taken because of neglect.  She was just too young to know how to care for us.

  The registry uses the services of a private investigator and when they locate the adoptive person or family send out a letter. Very generic but in the correspondence there is a reference to the case that began on 12/15/1964 (date of child’s birth) and give the phone number to the agency.

  My birth mother is so cute, we’ve spoken just about every night and I actually anticipate an afternoon phone call.  I have sent her a small mini scrapbook with pictures of Barbara and I as small children, and my school pictures through the years.  I didn’t have an opportunity to take photos of this project as I needed to get it postal as soon as I possibly could.

  She put up a heck of a fight, and was able to visit Barbara and I once a month.  There unfortunately came a time when the foster care we had been in transfered us to another one (That’s how we ended up in Augusta) and she was no longer allowed to see us.  There was a point she was calling so often that they had to get her to stop.

  Fast forward 43 years, She is so “gun ho”, she told me last night she was now going to be the “best mom ever”.  She keeps apologizing for things in the past.  My husband spoke up, I want you all to read this part and keep it close to your heart “The future begins today”.  Leaving behind the past and pressing forward.

  I laugh and cry and am thankful with every breath.  Many of my old abandonment issues have melted away with the knowledge that I ws wanted, loved and am joyfully anticipated once again.

Thanks for following along on our journey.  I’ll throw in some crafty goodness soon.

Hugs and love,