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About the 2 Children My husband and I had been desperately wanting children. We had been married for 4 years and had tried almost since day one with no luck. A Friend of ours called us one day towards the end of September, and asked if we wanted to adopt a baby. Well you can probably guess that our answer was a positive Yes! We didn't even have to think about it. We got all the details that we could at that time and then called an attorney to begin the legal stuff.
For years it had been hard to see the happiness of our friends and family who were having babies. We were happy for them, but so unhappy because it wasn't us. At this time my sister was pregnant with her first child. Her baby was due on Halloween. As it turned out we got our Jami 3 1/2 weeks before she had her son. I only have one sister and now we both had new baby boys. Two and a half years later we were able to get our daughter, Marni. The same friend called us again with information about another baby to adopt.
This is our baby girl who is now 28 years old. We had tried to go through the County Adoption Services before we adopted our son but we were on a waiting list for the first interview and already had our baby for over a year before they called us for the first interview. That is how long the list was in that it took over 18 months from putting our name on a waiting list just to get the first interview. There is no way of knowing how long it would have taken before we could have gotten a baby if we had not been blessed with this friend. From the time we decided that we wanted to adopt a baby, my husband and I had decided that we would always speak about adoption to the children so that they would never feel like it was something to be ashamed of. We let them know from the day they were born how much we loved them and how blessed we were to have such wonderful children. As God had planned, no one believes that they are adopted because they look as much like us as if we had been their birth parents. I say that God planned it this way because we had no way of knowing anything about them before we brought them home except that their birth mothers were not able to keep them and wanted a good Christian couple to raise their children.
For anyone who adopts children, I have piece of advice. Always let them know that they are adopted. That way there will never be a time when they find out and think that you didn't tell them because you are ashamed of them. Both of my children are grown now and we had always told them that after they were adults if they wanted to find their birth parents, we would do what we could to help them. My daughter wanted to find her birth parents about 2 years ago. I gave her all the information that I had regarding her birth parents. This consisted of the birth mothers name and general discription. The State of California had handled the adoption and all the information that they gave us was a physical discription of the birth mother and what the birth mother told her about the birth father. We found out later that the only thing that we had that was true was her name. She was not from where we were told and she had lied about who the birth father was. For about a year my daughter, sister and myself tried to contact anyone who might give us some answers. Through the internet, my daughter started looking up anyone with the same last name that we had for the birth mother. It took quite a few months but she finally had success. She located a brother of her birth mother and through him was able to contact the birth mother. The birth mother has now given her the correct information about her birth father and though he died a few years ago she has been able to contact a brother of his and now has contact with her birth uncle and his daughters. I must say at this point that finding her birth mother was not what she had been expecting nor was it how she wanted it to be. However the reception that she has received from the birth fathers brother and his family has been wonderful. They had not been able to meet in person as they are over 2000 miles apart, they do talk on the computer. I have talked to her birth cousin and she is a wonderful girl. We are really happy to include them in our family. Our son is not real sure that he wants to find his birth family but he does want to know what they look like so we are now trying to find them. We have his information registers through the Find Me - A - Free Adoption Registry . If anyone has any information on a Baby Boy born October 19, 1967 in Porterville, California, please contact me or the Find Me adoption registry. His birth mother was in her early 30's and we know that she had 2 sons who were somewhere between the ages of 11 and 14 in 1967, they would be in their early 40's now. His birth father was married to someone else and he was legally blind. He has been told several times that there is a man around Porterville, CA that looks like an older version of my son and we have often wondered if this person is one of his birth brothers. I just have one other thing to say. This is about how I feel as an adoptive Mother. Being able to adopt is one of the most wonderful things that has ever happened to me. Some times I think that my children are more special to me because I had to work so hard to get them. They are a Blessing from God and have brought me more joy than I could have ever imagined possible. I want them to find their birth families because I know how much it means to them. Because I have brought them up with so much love, I am not afraid that they will leave me. Helping my daughter find her birth family has brought us even closer, if that is possible. Love, like the Bible teaches us is big enough to include everyone and the more we love the more we can love. It does hurt me when my daughter calls me in tears because her birth mother isn't doing what she promised, but the hurt is not for me but I hurt for my daughter because she is hurting. She is finally beginning to understand that not everyone feels the same way that she does and is beginning to accept that her birth mother does not want a close relationship with her. I pray that someday they will be friends but if that is not possible, I pray that my daughter will be able to accept that also. I have written this page just for my daughter. She wanted me to tell my story as an Adoptive Mother. There are quite a few stories by birth mothers and adopted children and she wanted me to write my side. Well Marni, this doesn't even start to say what I have in my heart but I hope others will find it interesting or useful. I love both of you very much. Signed With Much Love, 
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