042 – This Little Voice Said, “You Gotta Do Something”
Right before Sharon left for college, her parents sat her down to say she was of age to start looking for her birthparents. She had never contemplated that possibility before, so it took years for her to act on her desire to learn more about herself. In the late 1980s, she went through Catholic Charities to help retrace the path back to her biological family. But her assigned intermediary maintained tight control over the family’s communications, stifling their connection. For five years Sharon and her birth mother communicated laboriously through their intermediary before her mother closed the door. After years of silence in her reunion attempt, Sharon decided to try just one more time to break through her birth mother’s resistance, and she was glad she did. Her birth mother apologized for everything she had put Sharon through. The post 042 – This Little Voice Said, “You Gotta Do Something” appeared first on Who Am I...Really? Podcast. Sharon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/KeipXaaGOOiWjkFENu3JO5GNfkliWGykEKq-P5AIi0XNmrC9OuDy9mZXOt4lLacCxrluSpnMyr6TW4bJVRNmE8YMypY?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=2.57 (00:02)): I tried to convey to Colleen, this is important to me. This is this the stuff about me that I've always wondered where it came from. And I don't know that she really understood. I think she had a lot of sorrow because she turned to me one time when we were visiting and said, I am just so sorry for what I put you through. Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/KeipXaaGOOiWjkFENu3JO5GNfkliWGykEKq-P5AIi0XNmrC9OuDy9mZXOt4lLacCxrluSpnMyr6TW4bJVRNmE8YMypY?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=30.28 (00:30)): Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? 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 Sharon. She spoke with me from Houston, Texas. She was adopted through Catholic charities there in the late 1960s. Sharon was the older of two adoptees in her family. Her younger brother challenging her parents a lot along the way. In her twenties she found her biological relatives, but the decision was made for Sharon that there would be no meeting. When she finally made contact with her birth mother, a Catholic charities, intermediary maintain tight control over the communication stream. Frustrating everyone involved after years of silence in her reunion attempt, Sharon decided to try just one more time. And she was glad she did her birth mother apologized for everything she had put Sharon through. This is Sharon's journey. Sharon was born in 1967 in Houston. Her parents were unable to conceive children. So they adopted children. They were active in their local community. Her father with the fire department, her mother was a school nurse and they were a part of the church. Sharon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/KeipXaaGOOiWjkFENu3JO5GNfkliWGykEKq-P5AIi0XNmrC9OuDy9mZXOt4lLacCxrluSpnMyr6TW4bJVRNmE8YMypY?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=118.62 (01:58)): My father, my adoptive father had some chronic illness problems and just wasn't able to conceive. And, and, um, it was never really discussed, but it was just, you know, the understanding was is they just, they were infertile. So they wanted to adopt, you know, in the Catholic church, you know, the, the emphasis is on family. So if you aren't able to make a family go find one. So they, they adopted me. And, um, I was raised in Houston. I, uh, we lived in Houston. Then when I got to be a school age, my parents decided they didn't like the school district they're in Houston. So they found a community West in the West of Richmond. And we settled there and I started grade school and we were there all the way through high school. Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/KeipXaaGOOiWjkFENu3JO5GNfkliWGykEKq-P5AIi0XNmrC9OuDy9mZXOt4lLacCxrluSpnMyr6TW4bJVRNmE8YMypY?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=168.6 (02:48)): Sharon says she's always known. She... Support this podcast
