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'Victory Lap' Year Carries No Stigma - Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW
   Q: My son seemed excited at the prospect of finishing high school and attending university.
Now he wants to extend high school by a year so he doesn't need to "stress out" over grades and to better decide which studies to pursue. Read more.

I Have Always Loved You - Suzanne Weston
   Over the years, I have always kept the hope in my heart that someday my son would find me. My son is now 21 years old. If I remember right the adoption files are open, so once he turns 21 if he wants to look for me, he will be able to get identifying information on me. The family I was living with at the time of his birth still lives at the same address and has the same phone number. I am still very close with them, and they know how to contact me. My life had been very hard for many years, but in the past 7 years I have turned it around and now have a good life. Read more.

Two Mothers Who Call Me 'Son' - Tim Roberts
   I decided I wanted to search for my birthmother. I joined a local Adoption Support Group where I received a lot of good advice on how to search, along with what kind of emotions I would experience along the way. Because records are sealed in my state, it still took me one and a half years before I felt I had found the right person. I wrote my birthmother a letter telling her who I was and asking for a meeting. I was prepared to wait a few weeks for an answer, but she called me just a few days after receiving my letter. We agreed to meet in a town close by to where she lived, as she had not told anyone about me except her husband. Read more.

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