In the interim, I call the adoptee to let him know that based on the information he provided and the information that I have from the natural mother who is registered that I had left a message to confirm a few facts and that once I spoke with her I would give him a call back.

About a half hour later, my telephone rings and it is the natural mother. She starts out by telling me her name and that she was returning my call. I don’t think she actually remembered me personally nor did I remember her but as I started to explain to her the organizations name and that I was calling because of an email that I received from a gentleman born on the date she gave birth she immediately became overwhelmed with joy that finding her son was now becoming a reality after searching for 20+ years. She started to tell me the color of his hair when he was born and about the minor birth defect. Through our conversation I was sure that this was a match.

I asked her how she wanted to proceed and she said that she wanted to talk with him and that I could give him her cell phone number. We hung up and I called the adoptee and conveyed all the information that was shared by his natural mother. I told him that she would like him to call when he is ready and that I would give him a phone number as soon as he was ready to write it down. In our conversation he decided he needed a day to collect himself and planned on making the phone call to his natural mother this evening after he got home from work.

The adoptee had a wonderful parents growing up. He had a brother who is also adopted, is married and has a daughter. He not only completed his search for his natural mother, but found 2 full siblings, and his natural father all at the same time. It may be overwhelming for him at first but is sounds like he has an extended family that is going to welcome him with warm hearts and open arms.

In helping this adoptee and natural mother reconnect with one another, it reminded me that this is why I do what I do. I dedicate many hours to search and support, blogging, legislation, and other adoption related events to help those searching find and reunite. It is rewarding to know that the efforts made can make a difference. It doesn’t matter if it is for one, two, ten, twenty, a hundred, a thousand, or a hundred thousand. Each one is rewarding in itself.

I hope that these folks who found each other on Sunday have a wonderful relationship with their extended family and that they can grow and heal together from their adoption experience.