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Jamie grew up an only child with her wonderful adoptive parents in the suburbs of Atlanta, GA. She was happy to hear in reunion that her birth parents had already talked about her existence with their families. Living in Tennessee, she found her birth mother right back in Atlanta, in the same county where she lived as a girl. Jamie shares some truly special moments she was blessed to share with her birth father including a special dance, and an epic celestial event. The post http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com/031-finding-hope/ (031 – Finding Hope) appeared first on http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com (Who Am I...Really? Podcast). Jamie (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/xgNq1jjYtixjDyjBZ-UtjOppnMLqrwZDb7hkM1DyGmlqsiAZ1dRki5XKNt5kCD3r0E9TG7Wa5VqJYvaJ9_d2Amut3QI?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=3.7 (00:03)): I choose to know both of them today. You know from the time that I found them and not you know, anything in the past that's just, we all have paths and I choose to know them today and for who they are today, no matter what the situation was, you know, 38 years ago. Voices (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/xgNq1jjYtixjDyjBZ-UtjOppnMLqrwZDb7hkM1DyGmlqsiAZ1dRki5XKNt5kCD3r0E9TG7Wa5VqJYvaJ9_d2Amut3QI?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=24.55 (00:24)): 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/xgNq1jjYtixjDyjBZ-UtjOppnMLqrwZDb7hkM1DyGmlqsiAZ1dRki5XKNt5kCD3r0E9TG7Wa5VqJYvaJ9_d2Amut3QI?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=35.97 (00:35)): 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 Jamie. She lives in Tennessee, but she grew up as an only child with her wonderful adoptive parents in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. She started her search when she was 18 years old, finding her birth mother first in 2010 and her birth father recently in 2017 she was happy to hear in reunion that her birth parents had already talked about her existence with their families. Jamie tells the story of her blessings in reunification and some truly special moments she was able to share with her birth father when they first met. Here's Jamie's journey. Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/xgNq1jjYtixjDyjBZ-UtjOppnMLqrwZDb7hkM1DyGmlqsiAZ1dRki5XKNt5kCD3r0E9TG7Wa5VqJYvaJ9_d2Amut3QI?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=84.23 (01:24)): Jamie was adopted as an infant and her parents were super loving when she was a child and their lives revolved around her and her activities. They got her involved in everything from dance and music lessons to church and choir. Jamie shared how her parents were doting parents and she was proud of being an adoptee, but her parents weren't comfortable with her openly discussing her adoption. Jamie (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/xgNq1jjYtixjDyjBZ-UtjOppnMLqrwZDb7hkM1DyGmlqsiAZ1dRki5XKNt5kCD3r0E9TG7Wa5VqJYvaJ9_d2Amut3QI?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=106.14 (01:46)): Well, I had basically always known that I was adopted, but according to my mom, I was told by the son of a family friend when I was very young, maybe four or five-ish. I don't remember being told though. So for me it was just always my reality. It didn't change my world or make me question why or anything of that nature. They always told me I was special and um, made me feel very special. But yet they discouraged me from talking about adoption or sharing that I was adopted. They very much wanted me to just be theirs, you know? So it was not encouraged that we talked about it much. It was talked about very, very little between us. Now, I was very proud of it because I thought it was special and so I would tell anybody and everybody, as long as I didn't think they would tell my parents that I was talking about it. Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/xgNq1jjYtixjDyjBZ-UtjOppnMLqrwZDb7hkM1DyGmlqsiAZ1dRki5XKNt5kCD3r0E9TG7Wa5VqJYvaJ9_d2Amut3QI?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=160.74 (02:40)): Oh, that's so interesting. So you... Support this podcast