Thank you first mothers!

The holiday season makes me reflective. On my life, my family...both birth and adoptive, on my reunion journey. I have said it before in various places, but I will say it again here. This website and the first mothers in particular made a BIG difference in my reunion with my birth family. Your willingness to share and listen put a human face and perspective to a journey that was wild and unknown. Growing up my own birth mother was a shadowy figure in my mind...a good woman that loved me and wanted me to have the life she wasn't positioned to provide. That was all I knew. The birth mothers here gave a voice and a heart and an experience that helped me navigate reunion. As I interacted on the website I understood that first mothers were complex humans that loved, lived, grieved. My journey started with a first mother and you helped me to journey back with insight, kindness, perspective. This has been a major life event and you helped make it positive.Do not underestimate your contribution to adoption understanding. Thank you.