Letter to my daughter Rebecca Michele

March 4, 2005

I am posting this here because I contacted the agency that I went thru and wanted to add a letter to my daughters file and was told I could not do that. I hope you will find this!

Dear Rebecca,

Where do I begin? I miss you so much. You are turning 18 this year and I hope your desire to know me is as strong as mine. There has not been a day in the past 17 years that I have not thought of you. You are always in my heart. I want you to know that you have an older brother and younger sister. I want to know that you are OK and what you have done with your life so far. What are your plans for the future? Will I be a part of it? Do you think of me? Do you wonder who you look like? Please know that had I known about open adoptions when you were born I would have opted for that without a doubt. I have missed so much in your life and I pray that soon I will be a part of it. I love you with all my heart and always will. Take care of yourself and God bless you always!:)

cmh19137

March 9, 2005

HI! I just wanted to tell you that your letter is beautiful and your daughter is very lucky! I am an adult adoptee who just found my birthparents a month ago. My bmom told me when I was 21 she went into kind of a depression because I didn't come to find her. I was looking!!!! But was not given enough info. When she gave me up, she was told that when I reached 21, I would be given info to contact her, but that was definitely not true. The agency LCFS treated me really bad when I called asking questions. They asked me if my adoptive parents knew I was searching and told me how disrespectful to them it was to search. I just wanted to let you know that from my perspective as an adoptee, your daughter does think about you every day and wants to know everything about you. I had great adoptive parents who gave me a good life, but I wanted to know my birth parents too. I'm sure your daughter feels the same and I hope she finds you one day, or you find her. ((Hugs))

Christine