Today, I made the call to Holt to talk with the lady who is in charge of Post Adoption Services. I knew before I made the call it could change me. I was hoping it would be for the better; the verdict is still out. I knew at the start of this journey it would be heart wrenching and while I'm not even in the early stages of the process it has already brought me to my knees in gut agonizing humbleness. While talking with the lady it was mentioned:
* A lot of mothers who give up their children leave their children in a very public/busy place, e.g. marketplace and watch from afar to make sure someone does pick up their child. My thoughts: I'm picturing a little girl in a public place and crying out for her mother but her mom just watches from a distance. How could she do this?
* If the mother was unwed at the time of birth she could have been disowned by her family. The "black" sheep or "family member who was twice-removed" was a real thing in Korea back then and could have been disowned by her family and legally her name could be changed because she had upset her family.
* If she was unwed at the time, she didn't have to register the birth of her baby, unlike it is here in the States. There could be no official record of me being born.
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