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When will I find out?
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1/30/2012 5:00:00 AM
I know about the new adoption laws and information because of Paul Youngblood from 100.5 NTA-FM. He was adopted and has kind of guided be through this process. He has gone through it himself.
I got a message from Paul the other day telling me he had some more information concerning the new Illinois laws, so I gave him a call. Paul informed me of a person he know who had sent in their information and had already gotten their Birth Certificate back and had started down the road of finding their birth parents. It got me to wondering, “did they even receive my stuff”? “Did I send it to the correct place?”
After a quick call to AT&T direct connect I was on the phone with the Illinois Department of Public Health. After going through a plethora of press 1 for this and press 2 for that I finally ...
Conversation with my Dad about Adoption
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1/23/2012 11:40:00 AM
I knew I didn’t want to have the conversation with my dad over the phone about the whole “birth certificate” stuff and Christmas wasn’t the appropriate time either. I knew that I would see him in a couple of weeks in Florida and we would have a lot of time together. My dad is 81 and has decided that he needs to walk each day. While we were walking around the complex, I knew it was time to have the conversation. I can tell you it is not an easy subject, though it was never hidden in my house.
I said, “Dad, I need to talk to you about something.” I told him how the laws in Illinois had recently changed on November 15th 2011 concerning adoptions. I told him how I had bounced back and forth about sending in for my birth certificate. I informed him that I sent ...
The toughest part of this so far
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12/8/2011 3:30:00 AM
As I sit here and write this I am having trouble with something. Keep in mind that I truly believe I was given the most incredible opportunity of my life. I was adopted by the most loving and caring family in the world. I could not have been more blessed to have Charlie and Sue be my parents. They never kept it hidden from me that I was adopted. We spoke of it frequently.
The part that I struggle with is that I somehow feel like I am giving my Dad a slap in the face. If I were to say something to him, he would without a doubt tell me that it was fine that I had begun my search. He would tell me that if it was that important to me I should follow my heart. If it bothered him, he would never let on that it ...
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