Behind the List

I'm Christie. I am a birth  mother of 6 years. I was blessed to have an open adoption, and be able to know my birth son as he grows up. He is in a perfect family. He has wonderful, loving, amazing, incredible parents, and a best friend of a little brother. He is happy, and he is where he should be. Again, I'm blessed to have this knowledge.

Lately, as with most of you I'm sure, I have seen those "Help Me Find" pictures - People asking you to share the picture in hopes of finding their birth mother/father/child/family. I think its great. Fabulous even. Then the other person can know you are searching for them. Now, sometimes the other person may not want to be found for a plethora of different reasons - all of which will be discussed at later dates. But, at least they know the other person is out there looking, right?

The "Master List". That's what I'm choosing to call this. In short, its a form you fill out with as much information you can, and as much info as you know. It goes into my database, and manually you can look for a match. Its all manual now, because I do not have the resources yet to make it find you automatic matches (though I hope I will soon). But you can search through the other entries  see if they match your information. I will also be searching through them to find matches. I hope with all my heart, that soon we will find someone a match. Even if it connects one family together it will be worth it to me, though I hope it connects more than just one.

Adoption is very special to me. I don't think of it as separating from a loved one (though sometimes that is the case). I believe it has the capacity and capability of connecting two families together, into one big family. Its not always the case, for many reasons, but when this connection happens, it is wonderful. That is what I hope to have happen here. I believe with all my heart, and from personal experience, that adoption is about LOVE. The Love of a birth mother for her birth child, the Love of an adoptive family for the birth mother and the adopted child, and a love of a child for both all her parents.

*Disclaimer* I am not responsible for the results of this page. It is a "help," not a guarantee. I will never use your information for anything without your permission. Please, PLEASE, use common sense, and BE CAREFUL as well.