your brother

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I am assuming that your mom had a good reason for giving him out for

adoption but what a shame that it took so long for you to know you had

a brother and then longer to find him. I hope he will be able to get

straight with the law and that you will get to meet him face to face.

Have you exchanged pictures?

> So happy for you...Thanks for sharing the good news....Could you

> explain the tag on about your brother finding you?....georgia

>

>

> Thank you for asking about my signature line. I was born in 1968.

> Mom had another child in 1970 and placed him for adoption. I didn't

> find out about his existence until about 2 or 3 months before mom

> died of cancer. She died in March 1991 and I began my search for him

> in May 1991. I got my first computer in 1996 and started posting

> messages to oodles and oodles of adoption/people search sites. Lo

> and behold, on Oct. 21, 2002, I received an email with the subject

> saying " Your Brother. " It was him.

>

> He was at a friends house and the friend (whom he hadn't told about

> his adoption) said lets mess around on the computer. Type in your

> name on yahoo search and see how many people have the same name as

> you. Well, he did and only 5 sites came up. All 5 were from group

> sites that I had posted my search for him.

>

> He tried to find us in 1991 and then ended up in legal trouble and

> prison, in FL. When he was released, he moved to AA and continued to

> get into trouble and ended up in prison there (had to do some time in

> the infamous 'Tent City'. He was released in Oct. 2000.

>

> He is trying to get his life back on track now, though he was just

> arrested again this past weekend. From the story he told me, he was

> trying to be a good citizen this time and still got busted. He could

> possibly be looking at 10 years. We haven't had a face to face

> meeting yet. Was hoping for it this summer but it hasn't worked out

> and now it looks like it could be awhile longer.

>

> All prayers would be appreciated. I honestly feel that if he were to

> get the heck out of AZ, he could really turn around and get on his

> feet and stay out of trouble.

>

> The bottom quote is how I feel about Birthmoms. Had my mom known how

> I felt, maybe we could have found him together and enjoyed him being

> in OUR lives.

>

> Gayla

> After 11 years of me searching for him, he Found me!

> Ballard, MY BROTHER

> First contact via e-mail, Oct. 21, 2002

> First phone contact, Oct. 24, 2002

>

> **That a MOTHER should want the BEST for her child should not be an

> embarrassment but a moment to be PROUD of!!!**