VIEWS on ADOPTION

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My name is Sandra Walters, the current Newsletter Editor for the Forget Me Not Family Society.  My WALTERS' WEB article is a regular feature in the Society's quarterly Newsletter, ADOPTION CIRCLES.  All of my articles will be posted to this Website as well.  I share my personal views on adoption from my own experience, having been adopted in the Yukon Territory of Canada as an infant, in the closed adoption system of the 1960's. 

These views are not necessarily shared by all or any of the members of the board of directors of the Forget Me Not Society.  I hope that I will shed some light on the issues from my own perspective.  You may agree with me, or you may vehemently disagree, and I would like to hear from you via the "Contact Me" option.  Please let me know your connection to adoption.  Hopefully, through this discussion, we can both increase our understanding. 

Thank you for visiting my Website.  Please stay for a while and read some of my VIEWS on ADOPTION by selecting the "Articles" tab at the top.

ABOUT ME:

For decades I, like many adoptees, suppressed a natural curiousity about the circumstances of my birth: the identity of my biological mother and father, who I look like, and why I was placed for adoption.  Then, my adopted brother was found by his biological mother, who had been looking for him for over 15 years!  As I watched them begin a journey of discovery and healing, I was overwhelmed with emotions.  I realized that I had a strong desire to find out more about my own identity. 

Needing information and support from people who could understand what I was going through, I was shocked to learn that there is only one search and reunion support organization for adoptees and birth parents in the lower mainlain of British Columbia: it's the Forget Me Not Family Society.

Run completely by volunteers, the Society is dedicated to helping others on the adoption search and reunion journey.  I was provided with referrals and resources and helped with my search.  On February 6th, 2006, I spoke for the first time with the woman who gave birth to me.  She was thrilled that I had found her because she would never have searched.  As for me, this was also a dream come true for her.

The healing that is possible from a reunion with one's genetic family is remarkable and should not be denied to anyone who is earnestly seeking it.