024 – I’m Deeply Hurt, But I Hope You’re Happy
Louise was one of four a dual heritage children raised by white parents in England. She had a fantastic childhood. So much so that she has adopted twice. But along her impulsive journey into reunification, Louise was exposed to uncomfortable situations including her biological grandfather’s impending death, overt racism in her mother’s family, and total rejection by her biological father. Unfortunately, Louise’s mother’s withholding of facts also prevented her from knowing her sister, who once was interested in reunification. The post http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com/024-im-deeply-hurt-hope-youre-happy/ (024 – I’m Deeply Hurt, But I Hope You’re Happy) appeared first on http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com (Who Am I...Really? Podcast). Louise (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/TaeoAVKLDyHNg1FfTXW2PviFtukKwyzNQjwkOfBM2uoV8PnXcVIW-yi2lxEHh_NemcTVdsSvw2FlWfUVNNF0A17kdYY?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=2.04 (00:02)): If you rush these things, you can really damage any sense of long term relationship with people and I think you need to think more widely of the implications of your actions to other people, I didn't even consider how my birth mother would feel. Voices (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/TaeoAVKLDyHNg1FfTXW2PviFtukKwyzNQjwkOfBM2uoV8PnXcVIW-yi2lxEHh_NemcTVdsSvw2FlWfUVNNF0A17kdYY?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=16.94 (00:16)): 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/TaeoAVKLDyHNg1FfTXW2PviFtukKwyzNQjwkOfBM2uoV8PnXcVIW-yi2lxEHh_NemcTVdsSvw2FlWfUVNNF0A17kdYY?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=34.04 (00:34)): 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 you'll hear the journey of Louise. She called me from London, England, so at times you may have to listen closely to hear her voice through the connection, but what you'll hear is the story of a woman who's youthful curiosity about her biological mother led her courageously and impulsively straight to her mother's door. Louise's poorly thought out approach in her twenties may have cost her the deep relationships that a more cautious and measured approach could have yielded and put her in some very uncomfortable situations. Her journey has repetitive rejections on three fronts. After locating her biological mother, father and uncovering the news that she also had a sister. However, Louise now has some sage wisdom for other adoptees and her own adopted children about their own possible journeys through reunification. Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/TaeoAVKLDyHNg1FfTXW2PviFtukKwyzNQjwkOfBM2uoV8PnXcVIW-yi2lxEHh_NemcTVdsSvw2FlWfUVNNF0A17kdYY?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=97.98 (01:37)): Louise's heritage is a racial mix of white English descent on her birth mother's side and Jamaican English descent on her birth father's side. Louise's parents had already adopted an older brother, then her, followed by two more multiracial children. They were very open about adoption partially because they all looked very different from one another. Each child's individual adoption situation was their business to discuss with their parents if they chose to. Louise was able to grow up with the comforting information about her biological mother. Louise (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/TaeoAVKLDyHNg1FfTXW2PviFtukKwyzNQjwkOfBM2uoV8PnXcVIW-yi2lxEHh_NemcTVdsSvw2FlWfUVNNF0A17kdYY?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=130.12 (02:10)): Well, I was born in 1978 and I was relinquished for adoption by my birth mother. Um, at birth, really, um, she did change her mind and she went back and forth, but I never left the hospital until I went to live with foster carers and I was then adopted by two wonderful people. Um, it's worth noting that my birth mother's, uh, of white English descent and my birth father is a Jamaican and English descent. And the people that I was adopted by, um, who I refer to as mom and dad, uh, are actually Black English. And, um, I Support this podcast
