That Saturday, we got lucky as far as the weather. The forecast called for rain on and off. We did get some rain in the early evening, but most of it had moved on before the party, and we were left with a very pretty sky and mild temperatures. My family and I arrived toContinue reading “10. Nothin’ But a Good Time”
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9. DNA and Mixed Emotions
On Wednesday of the following week, I reached out to Roger. Patrick would be arriving the next day, and his party was going to be that weekend. It had been a few days since I had been given verbal confirmation of Lori’s name on my birth certificate, and I wasn’t thinking about much else. MyContinue reading “9. DNA and Mixed Emotions”
8. It’s a girl!
This journey has been unbelievably full of every emotion. There’s one particular day/piece that was just really happy and funny and I’ll enjoy telling and remembering it. When we get there, that will explain this post’s heading. (I’d insert a smiley face here but this is a no emoji kind of site) On the morningContinue reading “8. It’s a girl!”
7. Brenda
While the days passed after I had submitted my petition, I was in almost daily contact with Bridget and Patrick, neither of whom had much more patience than I did. Bridget was busy digging around online, trying to find more random information on her own. Patrick and I were, by text, getting to know eachContinue reading “7. Brenda”
6. Infant Girl and HHT
At some point, I feel like I’m going to need to split the two parts of this story like a fork in the road. One will follow the path toward my birth record and birth family, and the other will follow what becomes my new medical journey. That will probably need to begin with theContinue reading “6. Infant Girl and HHT”
5. Messaging and Meeting
I sent messages to two brothers and one sister of “Lori”‘s. I told them that I had been doing some work on Ancestry.com, which had linked me to one of their nephews. Then I explained that a further search led me to his father (their brother) and an obituary for their sister. After that, IContinue reading “5. Messaging and Meeting”
4. A Cousin and an Obituary
On the afternoon that I had given my Ancestry login ID to Bridget, I headed off to the grocery. It was a gray Sunday. As I was pulling into my driveway, my phone rang through my car. It was Bridget. “Don’t kill me”, she said, “but I found two cousins, and sent messages to bothContinue reading “4. A Cousin and an Obituary”
3. Bridget
More than five, but less than ten years ago, I switched hairdressers. My new (and current) hairdresser’s name is Bridget. I came to know of her years before, because I had worked with her mom. Actually, I was her mom’s preceptor (mentor/trainer) when she was a new nurse in the Birthing Center where we worked.Continue reading “3. Bridget”
My Big Little Miracle 