I read an article the other day in our local paper. It was about a 15 year old girl who was forced to give up her baby at birth in 1982.
No, this is not news for those of you who read my blog. There are a lot of us out there who had this happen to us.
What is news, or new, is that the article states:
“Andersen has contacted police about pressing criminal charges for her baby being taken and plans to file a formal police complaint later this month.
She has also joined a group that has asked the federal government and United Nations for an inquiry into unwed mothers being forced to give up babies for adoption.”
For me I look at this and I so feel for her, and all the other ‘hers’ out there, that were forced to give up their babies. Me included.
I wonder, though, for those of use that were forced by our parents, that there was no help from the government social systems, and no help from medical professionals, or family, IF — IF — we can do anything.
Will money help us? As ‘she’ says in this article:
“she isn’t interested in joining Merchant’s class action for the money. “It’s about getting recognition and for people to know what was done.”
To me, no amount of money can ever give me back my son. My whole life changed when he was taken from me.
Who I was before that, and who I was after that, is not the same person.
I searched for him from the moment I was released from the hospital after giving birth. I found him 21 years ago. There were many years where it was a struggle to try and connect — many years of silence.
Yes, I found him 21 years ago, but I lost the first 21 years of his life and I will never get that back.
I will look into all that she is doing because I too was robbed of my life with my son.
