014 – I Would Not Have Made It Without My Faith
Sara was the baby in her family of four biological half brothers to one another, and one other brother who was also adopted like her just like her. When she hit puberty, a naturally more emotional time in our lives, she lost her grandmother, someone who never made her feel like an adoptee. She found her way out of the darkness from a suicide attempt and substance addiction, but still she hadn’t escaped depression. When she found her biological mother things started out well, but they turned grim when Sara caught the woman in lies about her biological father’s identity. In the end, her journey has taken a turn for the positive, but she lost many relationships that were important to her along the way. Still, Sara says she has no regrets. The post http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com/014-sarah-g/ (014 – I Would Not Have Made It Without My Faith) appeared first on http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com (Who Am I...Really? Podcast). Sara (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/rXdU24xrheQnUfoDmUrZgeoUcedAQGegWmSTVxrrNfOt_2uI9VKBlQQD85VX-n19McUNfnrJVDbk5vErVS0TNCWOHYQ?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=5.16 (00:05)): So for two years I'm believing he's my father. My kids finally meet them. We spend holidays, everything together, but something in my head saying really, really small. What if he's not your father? Voices (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/rXdU24xrheQnUfoDmUrZgeoUcedAQGegWmSTVxrrNfOt_2uI9VKBlQQD85VX-n19McUNfnrJVDbk5vErVS0TNCWOHYQ?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=23.43 (00:23)): Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/rXdU24xrheQnUfoDmUrZgeoUcedAQGegWmSTVxrrNfOt_2uI9VKBlQQD85VX-n19McUNfnrJVDbk5vErVS0TNCWOHYQ?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=30.58 (00:30)): This is Who Am I Really, a podcast about adoptees that have located and connected with their biological family members. Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/rXdU24xrheQnUfoDmUrZgeoUcedAQGegWmSTVxrrNfOt_2uI9VKBlQQD85VX-n19McUNfnrJVDbk5vErVS0TNCWOHYQ?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=49 (00:49)): Hey, it's Damon, and on the show today, I'm joined by Sarah. Sarah has lived in Indianapolis all of her life and all of her life, she's known she was an adoptee. In her family, there were six siblings, four older boys who are not adoptees and one brother who is also an adoptee and then Sara, the baby in the family. She said that even though she grew up with the knowledge that she was an adoptee, she had it very rough in her teenage years because she is adopted. Sarah battled depression, faced post traumatic stress disorder and even attempted suicide. She says she carried the emotional baggage of being adopted with her until she finally started to do something about it and search for her biological family. Her journey began with tremendous luck in finding her family very quickly, thanks to the great work of search angels. But her luck didn't hold out as lies were uncovered. And a DNA test proved that the man whom she thought was her biological father really was not. Here's Sarah's journey. Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/rXdU24xrheQnUfoDmUrZgeoUcedAQGegWmSTVxrrNfOt_2uI9VKBlQQD85VX-n19McUNfnrJVDbk5vErVS0TNCWOHYQ?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=111.59 (01:51)): Sarah says she was the baby in her family of four biological half-brothers to one another and one other, a brother, who was also adopted just like her Sara (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/rXdU24xrheQnUfoDmUrZgeoUcedAQGegWmSTVxrrNfOt_2uI9VKBlQQD85VX-n19McUNfnrJVDbk5vErVS0TNCWOHYQ?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=120.24 (02:00)): For starters, Um, it's kind of cool in a sense. I'm the only girl, so I was very, very spoiled in that sense. Um, having all older brothers, I'm not the only adoptee, the youngest boy, he's also adopted, but we're not related at all. So that was something always cool to grow up with that we can relate to each other in that sense of both being adopted. Growing up wise, I'd say in a city, I didn't know anyb,ody Support this podcast
