HELLO! MY NAME IS CHERE LYONS-ROBERTS, I AM 33 YEARS OLD WITH SIX BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND A WONDERFUL HUSBAND. I HAVE SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT MY BIRTH PARENTS, THAT LEAVES A BLANK SPOT IN MY HEART.
WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD MY ADOPTED FATHER SAT ME DOWN AT MY GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE AND TOLD ME THAT I WAS ADOPTED, IN WHICH AT THAT TIME REALLY CONFUSED ME.
HOWEVER WHEN HE TOOK ME AND MY BOTHER HOME TO OUR MOTHER I ASKED HER IF I WAS AND SHE STATED "NO, WHERE WOULD YOU GET THAT?" SO I THEN TOLD HER THAT MY FATHER TOLD ME THAT, SHE THEN WENT CRAZY. SHE WAS SO UPSET WITH MY FATHER. YET SHE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT SURE. THAT REALLY CONFUSED ME BECAUSE I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MY FATHER WOULD TELL ME SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HOWEVER I LET IT GO, BECAUSE I SAW THE HURT IN MY MOTHER'S FACE.
KNOW IMAGE BEEN TOLD SOMETHING LIKE THAT FROM ONE PARENT YET THE OTHER TELLS YOU THAT IT IS UNSURE. I WAS SO FAR GONE ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
IT WAS WHEN I WAS ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD, ABOUT TO GET MY FIRST JOB AND I NEEDED MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE. WELL WHEN I WENT TO PURCHASE IT, THE COURT HOUSE HAD NO RECORDS. I THEN WENT TO MY MOTHER AND ASKED HER ABOUT AND SHE TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY ABOUT AND SHE WILL GET FOR ME. THAT WAS ALSO CONFUSING YET I LEFT IT ALONE BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT HER TO HURT.
AS YEARS WENT BY I WAS TOLD BY A COUPLE OF MY MOTHER'S FRIENDS AND MY AUNT THAT I WAS A SPEACIAL CHILD BECAUSE I WAS ADOPT. NOW THE PRESSURE IS HEAVY AND I'VE GOT TO ASK AGAIN, SO I DID, ONLY THIS TIME I GOT A DIFFERENT ANSWER. MY MOTHER FINALLY ADMITTED THAT I WAS ADOPTED. I WAS 31YEARS OLD AND PUZZLED, BECAUSE I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SHE DID NOT WANT TO TELL ME. I TOLD MY MOTHER, NO MATTER WHAT SHE IS THE ONLY MOTHER I KNOW THEREFORE SHE IS THE ONLY MOTHER I HAVE, YET I STILL HAVE THAT RIGHT TO KNOW WHO MY BIRTH PARENTS ARE.
WELL THAT DID NOT GO VERY FAR BECAUSE SHE ONLY GAVE ME, NOT EVEN A HAND FULL OF INFORMATION. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING AND COULD NOT REMEBER WHAT ADOPTION AGENCY THEY WENT THROUGH. I FOUND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE, EVEN MY OWN FATHER WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION.
I HAVE CALLED DIFFERENT AGENCY, WROTE, LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND STILL NO ANSWERS. WHEN I FIRST STARTED LOOKING I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE THIS HARD. ALSO WITH THE LITTLE INFORMATION I'VE GOTTEN FROM MY MOTHER, FATHER AND AUNTS, REALLY WASN'T MUCH TO GO BY YET ALL OF THERE STORIES WERE THE SAME.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN THIS SITUATION? I HAVE HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE UNABLE TO BE ANSWERED IN WHICH I FELL IS VERY SELFISH.
I LOVE MY CHILDHOOD AND WOULD NOT CHANGE IT FOR NOTHING IN THE WORLD, ALSO I LOVE MY MOTHER AND FATHER WHOM TOOK ME IN WHEN THEY DID NOT HAVE TO AND RAISED ME VERY WELL , AGAIN WOULD NOT CHANGE IT FOR NOTHING IN THIS WORLD.
IF I HAVE BROTHERS OR SISTERS IN WHICH I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE SEVEN BROTHERS OR SISTERS OR BOTH, I WANT TO MEET THEM.
I WILL KEEP SEARCHING UNTIL I FIND SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION.
