[healingfeeling]

Just wondering how many people are in reunion and what kind. you can vote in the poll and them explain further in a post

the poll is multiple choice and anonymous...

[Sniffles]

OK, I had three different ones.
First is that i have email and phone contact with my birth grandparents.
Second, I have been refused contact by my b-mom.
Finally, I have contact with some of my bfamily (grandparents) and not others.

[Baby Melissa]

Great idea, healing. I love it

[Jan18]

In reunion for 9 months. I was the searcher. I had my first face to face with my mom in March of this year. We e-mail every few days. I talk to her on the phone once a month. I think we'd have more f2f contact if we didn't live so far apart. I e-mail with my sisters once and a while. One sister (I have 3) is more out going with me then the other 2, but the youngest is 15.

I wanted to add...my bdad is dead, and so are his parents. His brother is MIA. I have a few conversations with my dad's niece. I have an on-going relationship with my mom's 1/2 brother and his family.

[snuffie]

In reunion for 5 years. My bmom is deceased but I have 8 siblings!! Talk about an expensive Christmas!
We live across country but phone, email and write.

[whitsunday15]

My mom and I found each other in May of this year. We have been in constant contact (everyday) ever since. And of course we spent 6 out of 9 weeks together this past July and August.

[healingfeeling]

well....here's mine...

i have constant contact with my dad since march of this year....i've spent a couple of weeks with him (we live across the country) and he is planning a trip here....i have email contact with his siblings and i write back and forth with my grandmother.....


this is fun!!!

[rilo kiley]

I found my bmom the end of April and we emailed everyday for awhile- now she emails once or twice a week. We have had 4 phone calls and each time she says she'd like to talk more often- at least twice a week- yet that still hasn't happened.

My bfather wrote me a letter in July and we have exchanged a few letters and emails since then.

[DebsW]

I started the search - face 2 face of all bfamily on mom's side and have some sort of daily contact with sister and mom, brother just moved but have good start on relationship. Met one aunt and cousin on BDad's side. Meeting 37 more of his relatives on Sunday. Hope to meet BDad in January (lives across the country).

DebSW

[carolynppk]

I have been in reunion since April of 2005. I have had several face 2 faces with Diane and have a wonderful relationship with her. She and my mom have met twice and have sent a few notes back and forth. I have met my only aunt and have met and have a relationship with my grandparents and my great aunt and uncle. (My mom has met my grandparents and my great aunt and uncle.) I have met one of my two half sisters, but we do not have a relationship at this time. I do not know my biological paternal unit or his family. (Don't really want to put the word "dad" there!!! LOL!!!) While it has been a roller coaster ride, I am glad to have found them and have them be a part of my life.

Carolyn

[cnb1099]

I was found by my bmom and buncle on May 23 2006
I have email and phone contact with both..not as frequently as I would like..
I have my first f2f on October 19, 2006...27 days.....

[InionGrinn]

I have had contact with two birth aunts and have met some cousins. My birthmom is not in the US so we haven't met, nor have we spoken or anything. We will hopefully meet this coming November!

Its odd because the WHOLE family (her 8 siblings and their collective 30+ kids) knows except her immediate nuclear family-hubby & 4 kids.

Talk about the elephant in the room!

[The Wanderer]

I just started (passively) the search process over the summer, but I have talked on the phone and have an email relationship with my birth sister (who was adopted by another family). She found me... she knows my dad, so she knew enough about how to get in touch with me. It's nice to find that we share some personality traits...

I'm curious about the bio-parents but I don't think I'm quite ready for the active search (I'm just hoping that somehow they'll come to me!). I'm living vicariously through these forums!

[dmca]

Hae been in contact for a few months ( not a year yet). Have met her mother and brother.
I think it's fair to say that she found me, more than I found her. Apparenly she had been looking for years. I hadn't. I was more reticent about meeting her. Fear, shame quilt and pain were my motives for not searching diligently.
We are not in constant contact. I don't want to overstep my boundaries. I send e-mails but not daily.
dmca

[LizzieM]

i started searching in may of this year. found my grandparents in august and have had a few phone calls and f2f meetings with them. i've met my aunt and my little cousin. my grandmother told me that i am [of course] invited to all family functions! yay!

i had my first phone call with my mom a week after my grandparents. my grandparents are local, but my mom unfortunately moved a few years ago. she lives a few states away. we've talked at least twice a week, every week since the first phone call. she is coming up here to meet me NEXT WEEKEND!!!! I am planning a trip to meet her family in December. I have three very small siblings. I'm 23. they're 5, 3 and 2.

i have contact info for bdad, but not ready to cross that bridge yet. it's been a little time consuming with my mom, so i feel like i need to wait awhile before i contact bdad.