My Search with a Guiding Hand from Above

When I decided to search for my siblings, I asked the permission of my adoptive Mother. She granted me her permission and gave me all the info she had prior to my adoption.

I found that I was the 10th child of 13 children born into poverty and hard times. At the time of my birth which was in Sept. of 1947, six of my siblings which I was the youngest at that time, were removed from the family and 4 were placed up for adoption.

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It was my lucky day for I was adopted by two wonderful people after I was released from the hospital, a fit, happy 18 month old baby girl.

Not until my adoptive father passed away did I find myself facing a life without a father but that was not the feelings I was missing, a father figure, but just someone who would make me their little girl once more. Mom and I had a good time together but I was really a Daddies girl up to then.

What I found changed my life for now I have the love and support of two families. It has made the passing of the only Mother I knew a little easier to accept. I might add that Mom lived to be 95 years young and I am so grateful that she and I became so close. Truly our rolls in life reversed and I learned to see through her eyes before I lost her in her sleep on Nov. 28, 1999. She all most made it to the year 2000!

My greatest joy is meeting and learning about my brother Jim. He was the baby and we are so much alike in hundreds of ways. It is truly a blessing, and I think he feels the same way about me. We both were adopted by different families but have a bond that only death will end. It took hours and hours on the phone and a few sleepless nights to find my siblings but I know, repete, I know, that I was lead by the gentle hand of God. There are too many stops for me not to have been. I am grateful and thank my Lord for helping me find such love.

I have written a book "Effie and Elizabeth" and I am looking to publish it in the near future. If I do, it will be by the grace and love of my maker that I will share my experience with others.

Thank you for your time in reading this, and I wish you success in your goals of life. Mine have been granted!

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Credits: Gretchen E. Henry