This reunion story is another of those stories that make you shake your head at the interesting twist in the story. An adoptee who searched for her birth mother discovered that ten years previously that she and her birth mother had worked in the same beauty salon. They had little chance to talk though or they might have discovered their connection at that time.

I know another adoptee who discovered that several years before reunion that he and... more

In this article entitled Days before her death, mother gets wish of complete family a story unfolds about a family with ten siblings long separated. The two youngest children were taken from the mother and placed by adoption. In 1988, both of those children were found.

This month after 40 years of waiting, searching, hoping and praying, Gunnerson's prayers were answered at 7 a.m. April 14 by a handsome cowboy who came and stood by... more

Adoption is not the only way that families are separated. In this story a young woman is separated from her family by war.

I wonder how much different her reunion with her family would be from an adoption reunion? No matter why families are separated, the loss can feel just as real. Do you think that the reunion of the young woman separated from her family by a war differs greatly from this story, ... more

Busily working on a writing project a while back, I was concentrating more on it than my blog. So many wonderful topics were in my head, and yet not have enough time to blog about them all. However, as I was researching, I came across several adoption reunion stories on Reunion.com.

The stories mention that on Reunion.com, there are several ways to search. One way that they allow you to search is by school; another is by name. This could be very useful for several reasons. I have run into a few... more

There are times when I think that I want to add a disclaimer to some of my posts. Although I know some birth moms who have been mired in the birth mother victim role for decades, I am not one of them. However, I do not judge those who have been unable to successfully heal either. I know that so many different factors affect adoption healing.

The relinquishment experience, personalities and a wide variety of other factors influence how people deal with adoption issues. One way to deal with adoption issues is to deny that they exist. Another is the "woe is... more

The ad simply read: "Wanted, home for baby boy, age one month: complete surrender."

This article details the reunion between a popular British author, Ian McEwan, and his brother. Dave Sharp, the brother of author McEwan was relinquished due to a war-time affair. The article mentions that Rose, the mother was desperate to get rid of the baby as her husband was coming home from the war on leave. Rose gave her baby to a family that answered... more

She then told me that she was in the Pentagon on the top floor of the outer ring of the building and missed getting killed by about 40 feet.

A year or so ago, I received an email from a male adoptee in his thirties named Doug Dittbenner. He told me a bit about his reunion story. I can't recall if he asked about publishing his story at Adoption Week e-magazine or I suggested it. However, he did decide to write a story about his reunion.

This is... more

You might say James Garritani had them at hello. But then, this family bond was meant to be.

Last week, I mentioned that I intend to post a reunion story each Monday in 2007. As promised, here is my reunion story for the week. There is a great deal to learn from them.

When I offer various reunion stories to you, I am personally drawn to the happier stories. I imagine that reporters who write these stories prefer... more

We wouldn't have cared a bit about the mistakes she had made. We wouldn't have judged her. We would have understood.

Adoption stories are in the news often these days. However, I never tire of reunion stories as many have such varied and interesting twists and turns. This story is no exception.

I loved the positive attitude of the adoptee in this story as well. She could have become embittered... more

In this reunion, like many others, there are some typical aspects and some less usual ones as well. The adoptee was never told that she was adopted, although she suspected that she was. She asked her parents if she was adopted many times, but was always told that she was not. The reason that she believed that she had been adopted was that she looked nothing like her parents.

A friend had helped arrange the adoption, and lived next door to the birth mother. As it turns out, the adoptee went with her adoptive mother to visit the friend once and she played... more