095 – I Tested Her To See If She’d Give Up
Laura called me via Skype, would you believe, from Falkirk Scotland. Laura told the story of her childhood knowledge that she might have siblings out in the world, and her quest to meet them. When she met her biological mother things started slowly as Laura tested the woman to make sure she wasn’t going to leave again — and she didn’t — then she did. Laura’s developed a great connection with her paternal sister, even though Laura never got to meet her biological father. This is Laura’s journey. The post http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com/095-i-tested-her-to-see-if-shed-give-up/ (095 – I Tested Her To See If She’d Give Up) appeared first on http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com (Who Am I...Really? Podcast). Laura (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/ctBwuR26vRaTIDMiDK7B7Km1deg79H83p-djM8PxK9xNLyW3_e6Rqjqq-LOFdxm_lR2AuyxewZcCrjJsk9SNs2K96FU?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=3.52 (00:03)): Yeah, Laura (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/ctBwuR26vRaTIDMiDK7B7Km1deg79H83p-djM8PxK9xNLyW3_e6Rqjqq-LOFdxm_lR2AuyxewZcCrjJsk9SNs2K96FU?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=3.86 (00:03)): That would see her call and she would text me and I just, I couldn't, I didn't feel able to respond. I was too frightened to answer and to go into, I don't know why I was maybe texting her, maybe just to see if she would give up on me, but she doesn't. intro (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/ctBwuR26vRaTIDMiDK7B7Km1deg79H83p-djM8PxK9xNLyW3_e6Rqjqq-LOFdxm_lR2AuyxewZcCrjJsk9SNs2K96FU?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=24.24 (00:24)): Who am I? Who am I? Who intro (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/ctBwuR26vRaTIDMiDK7B7Km1deg79H83p-djM8PxK9xNLyW3_e6Rqjqq-LOFdxm_lR2AuyxewZcCrjJsk9SNs2K96FU?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=27.39 (00:27)): am I? Who am I? Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/ctBwuR26vRaTIDMiDK7B7Km1deg79H83p-djM8PxK9xNLyW3_e6Rqjqq-LOFdxm_lR2AuyxewZcCrjJsk9SNs2K96FU?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=31.45 (00:31)): Who am I? Who am I? This is who am I really a podcast about adoptees that have located and connected with their biological family members. I'm Damon Davis and on today's show is Laura. She called me via Skype. Would you believe from fallkirk, Scotland. Laura told me the story of her childhood knowledge that she might have siblings out in the world and her quest to meet them when she met her biological mother. Things started out slowly as Laura tested the woman to make sure she wasn't going to leave again and she didn't. Then she did. Laura developed a great connection with her paternal sister even though Laura never got to meet her biological father. This is Laura's journey. If you heard last week show with Barry, you're probably wondering what's up with all of these guests from Scotland all of a sudden, I promise you it was purely coincidence that Laura's story followed his. Laura made time to speak with me after running two races that morning, uh, 5k and a 10K. so as we settled into her recovery time, I asked Laura to take me back to the beginning of her journey, which started in Alloa Clackmannanshire. And yes, I really wanted to say Clapman Shire. Laura (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/ctBwuR26vRaTIDMiDK7B7Km1deg79H83p-djM8PxK9xNLyW3_e6Rqjqq-LOFdxm_lR2AuyxewZcCrjJsk9SNs2K96FU?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=108.58 (01:48)): Well, I feel like I approach my own story with caution because so much of it is only known from the social work records that I have and from the stories that my adoptive parents told me. Um, from what I know, my parents, who I was born to, were and our relationship for our own nine months. And that came to an abrupt end upon the discovery of my mom being pregnant with me. And I think she only discovered that pregnancy at around five months. Then so quietly, wow. My parents worked in the hotel trade. My mum was a training trainee chef and my dad was a waiter and when I was born, my mother was aged 20 and my dad was 33 so she was quite young. And my dad, my dad was fairly young, but he was in... Support this podcast
