I lost my Birth Mother to cancer, then honored her by creating a business

A little about me... My name is Jeanette, and I live in Australia. I am an Adoptee from the Closed Adoption Era - born in 1971 in Melbourne, Australia. I have reunited with both my Birth Mother, Father and extended families. I met both parents at the same time on my 28th Birthday in 1999. I am an adoptee who has been reunited with my birth parents for 10 years, however in 2005 I lost my Birth Mother to cancer, after knowing her for 6 years. This was incredibly traumatic for me, and as a result I needed to create a positive in a very negative situation. I still have contact with my Birth Father. Reunite Cards was created as a result of losing my Birth Mother. Myself and another adoptee, Megan saw the lack of cards available to people who were affected by adoption, and as I am an artist, as was my Birth Mother, (I inherited a lot of her work when she died and I needed to do something with it). My legacy to my Birthmother is found on the back of every card "Inspired by Patricia Clarke", I have also used her art work and sentiments in many of the cards. Doing this, made me feel as though I was honoring a woman who had lived a life that was full of secrecy, shame and heart wrenching pain, somehow now - the secret was no longer, the acknowledgement of truth was revealed and I know in my heart that she would be very proud of me. Our cards are created collectively by adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, immediate family and friends. We feel passionate about supporting communication in relationships where "what to say" is often a barrier in relationships where emotions are extremely sensitive. I would like to let you know about our cards, and invite you to have a look for yourself. I am open to feedback and ideas also if appropriate. I would dearly love your support, as we have found over the few years we have been in business that due to the secrecy, taboo's and often government run non for profit organizations, reaching our target audience is incredibly difficult. I hope to hear from anyone who would like to share their comments about the above, and also anyone that has lost a birth parent after reuniting. I know how painful it is to lose your Mother twice, and I know how lucky I am to have met her at all, and had 6 incredible years together. I have experienced incredible heartache after losing my Birth Mother due to her immediate family casting me aside as though I don't exist. I would like to hear from anyone with a similar experience, and how it made them feel and how they dealt with it. I know that one day I would like to turn up to my Birth Grandmother's house, and just stand there...say nothing...just look at her, lock eyes with her. I feel powerful when I think of this image in my head, as it conveys the very message I want to say to her....I exist, and there's nothing you can do about it. There is a huge story behind all of this, one which would take 3 books to convey... Anyway...this is a little all over the place....and my story like many is complicated and fragile, yet strong and powerful. Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to have a look at Reunite Cards - I really do appreciate it. Kind regards, Jeanette My Website: [url=http://www.reunitecards.com]Loading...[/url] or [url=http://www.reunitecards.com.au]Loading...[/url]