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[FONT="Palatino Linotype"]I recently found my son I placed for adoption 20 years ago. The reunion has been a surreal experience. He and I felt an immediate and intense connection. To make a long story short, he was placed with his adopted family when he was a little over a week old (I had cared for him in the hospital for a week while recovering from a c-section). He grew up knowing he was adopted, but says he never really felt bonded or connected to his adopted family; that he didn't fit in or belong; that there was something missing (I am paraphrasing him here). He and I are so alike it is scary. He is the male version of me. Since reconnecting, we have communicated every day. At first we talked on the phone every day, now we text every day and talk several times a week. We have been to see each other twice now and he is coming out here again in a week and a half. It has only been 3 months. I am married, have 2 other kids who are teenagers and he has bonded with them as well. I guess I am just curious if other people have had similar experiences to this. Anything I have ever read did not prepare me for this. It is so much more than I expected.[/FONT]
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