Amazing story. I was adopted shortly after birth. God Bless my birth parents for choosing adoption over abortion.
We all hear stories of people using social networking sites like Facebook to find lost-lost relatives, but what if you were already friends with the person you’re looking for?
It started with a status.
On Wednesday, March 6th, 2013, Paula O’Brien posted an article about adoption along with a date her family never forgot. The post read: “On Sept. 19, 1982, my very first niece was born and given up for adoption. I know it wasn’t an easy decision for my brother to make, but it was the right one for that baby girl. Hope you can take a moment to read this & be thankful for the selfless sacrifice of adoption. I know many families whose hearts are full because of it.â€
“It was really hard for my entire family to deal with,†Paula told News 8 on Tuesday, March 12th, 2013. “We experienced that loss and we never forgot about that baby. We never gave up her. We observed her birthday every year. It never left our minds.â€
For years, Paula wondered what had happened to her niece — where she lived, her hobbies, if they looked alike — but she already knew.
“I had done theater in the area,†says Paula. “She’s done theater in the area so we knew a lot of the same people so we met through mutual friends. In fact, I think it was one of the first times we met when people were joking that we looked alike and we just thought it was funny.â€
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