[Jody M]

Hi Cheryl Ann, thanks for your beautiful post. I too am an adult adoptee who has traveled the adoption journey for 51 years. We who are from the closed adoption era had many feelings and questions buried within us about the who, what, when wheres and whys of our adoption. We were not encouraged to know our beginnings or to understand or question our adoption. I sought the answers to those questions from my past when in my mid thirties and found 3 birth sisters. A life changing event and answers to most of my pressing questions about my beginnings, my birth parents and ethnic/medical history.
I was fortunate to have been blessed in adoption by a wonderful family. Very warm and loving yet not perfect, for there are no perfect homes.
I would say my search and reunion set alot of things to rest for me. The nagging questions about my adoption and my mystery birth family were solved. But foremost I was able to see the hand of God who allowed my adoption and shaped me by adoption and then allowed me to go into adoption ministry the past 12 years leading support groups locallly for the adoption triad. Adoption has been an emotional journey and there has been some painful questions and realities discovered along the way. But adoption has also strengthened me, and given me a whole new world of friends touched by adoption! This has been a blessing and a priviledge!
I too have a more complete picture of my adoption and my passion is that other adoptees would find answers, peace and closure to the mystery of their adoptions.
Thanks Chery Ann for sharing your journey! It has helped me ponder my own adoption story and blessings!
Jody