Wow, my son found me! I get more excited as the days pass by. You see, I will be seeing him for the first time in 38 years. Maybe I should explain.

 

My Son – the Beginning

When I was 17 years old (38 years ago) I met a guy who was incredibly cool and a drummer in a band. I hung with him every chance I could get. Well one night at a “party,” now remember it was the early 70’s, we went off on our own and well you guessed it, another teen pregnancy.

 

My Son-the Battle to Keep Him

After a long battle with the parent’s and family I was forced to give my son up for adoption. I laid down a few rules and  they all told me they found someone who fit the bill.  As it turned out it was a family related to my brother-in-laws boss or something like that. After turning my son over to the authorities involved with this, I cried, and cried. My sister who was at the hospital with me and my mother, didn’t want me crying in front of my mom because she claimed it was too hard on HER! So I sucked it up and never said another word to the family about it.

Through the years my son has often crossed my mind. Every time I saw a baby or a toddler I wondered who my son looked like? What was he like? Was he happy? I tried many times to look him up but it cost money back then to find someone. I also wondered if I would be gumming things up. I didn’t know if he knew and I didn’t want to upset the people who were so wonderful to take my son in.

 

My Son – Reaching Out

Well, times changed and a little thing called Facebook came along and BAM! I was found. I received a direct message on Facebook one day from his spouse asking me if I was his mother and he left me some details of my son’s birth. I knew it was my son. Shortly after that we began phoning each other and slowly began the process of getting to know one another. I was so nervous to have that first phone conversation…but it went well.

He has found out he has two half brothers and a half sister, who all can’t wait to meet him. Like I said, my son is coming here from Georgia where   lives, to meet us all on July 8. I am nervous and excited and can’t wait for that day. I will keep you up dated on everything as it unfolds. Wish me luck.