Soul Sanctuary

I wanted to share our story with you all. I have been reading the latest threads and really like the "soul connection" on the Turn Back Time thread. Anyway, our oldest son came to us from the foster care system at 2 1/2 years old. We had the option to meet his birthfamily at their good bye visit and decided to do it. Paternal Grandma was there and we exchanged addresses. She wrote a lot and eventually we exchanged phone numbers. Then we visited and then she spent a few holidays at our home. After about 10 years she died of cancer. When she was gravely ill, we met her son and his wife and family. We visit with them about 6 times a year. They stop by and all our kids play together. We keep in touch pretty well. So we also met birth mom at the good bye visit. She wrote on and off over many years. Sometimes 1-2 years between letters. She also was hard to keep track of as she disappeared a lot. So over the last 3 years we have written about meeting. I gave her our phone number with our son's ok a couple of years ago. Then she called again a couple of months ago. So we did meet with her and her husband of 11 years. It worked out very well. I feel pretty good about being a place where this little soul could grow up away from conflict. And now he has the ability to know both of his birth parents while living with parents that like both sides of his family. We currently have positive relationships with two groups of people who don't have good relationships with each other. He is 14 at this time. I am hoping that knowing everyone concerned will normalize his situation for him so he can know that everyone loves him and that he is a valuable and unique person. So far it is no big deal to him. I am the one who maintains the relationships. Some day he will have these relationships as an adult.