Lately, there have been so many interesting adoption stories in the news. I have decided I would like to share more of them. The first story I am sharing is a happy reunion story.

Here's the first story.

FINALLY 'AT PEACE'

"The very best thing about reconnecting with my mom is that I feel whole. I have been living in my world with a huge gap in my heart and now I am at peace," says Laga, a Vancouver account executive who's kept track of her high-profile birth mom's life from a distance.

It almost seems that there are no "run of the mill" reunion stories. Most seem to have at least one unusual element to them. In this story, the birth mom and daughter's paths crossed when the daughter was 12. The article said that the birth mom "did not interfere though". I am not exactly certain what that means. The article also mentions that the daughter kept track of her birth mom from a distance through a website. That is a somewhat unique twist to the story.

Here's another article about a research study that shows that contact with birth parents, previously considered to be confusing for children, is now believed to be beneficial.

The study says:

FOR decades adopted children have been allowed to maintain contact with their birth parent by letter and by sending photographs on birthdays and at Christmas, amid fears that face-to-face meetings might prove to be too stressful.

New research, however, suggests that meetings with birth relatives are in many cases positively helpful to adopted children, their adoptive parents and the birth parents.

How revolutionary! Meetings with birth parents can benefit adopted children? Although I am poking fun here, I am pleased to hear that some research is being done on this very important topic.