The article goes on to explain that what the natural mother didn’t know is that her children were the last people she needed to protect herself from and that they wouldn’t have cared a bit about the mistakes she had made. They feel that they wouldn’t have judged her and they would have understood but sadly the past that she was so worried about protecting was buried with her the day she died.

The author of the article chose to search because it was her son who had been born with a life threatening heart condition. Otherwise, she may have never searched for her natural mother and may have never known her brother and sisters.

The author puts it very well about what this natural mother missed and I have to agree with that it is sad because our natural mothers never got to know us. I do believe that my natural mother just like the authors would have been proud of the lives we have made.

The other similarities with this story to my own is that the natural mother never knew that we would find each other – that she would have unknowingly given her children the gift of each other. I personally have lived my life long enough without my sister in my life and I can’t imagine that she wouldn’t be a part of my life today. I can’t help but wonder if my natural mother would have fought to keep us apart if she would have had the opportunity to see us together? I will never know if her pride, secrets, past would have been more important to here than the happiness of her children. Reality is that it really doesn’t matter now at least to me. I don’t want to loose any more lost time.