CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
OPRAH AND I:
ADOPTION REUNION EXPERIENCES
I was nine years old—just eight days short of being ten—when my mother gave birth to a daughter she placed for adoption. Oprah said she was nine-years-old when her mother gave birth to a daughter and gave her up for adoption.
I was living with my mother. Oprah was living with her father.
Neither of us realized our mothers were pregnant. This was more understandable with Oprah, who wasn’t living with her mother. It was less understandable for me, living in the same apartment with my mother and sister. But back then, what did I know?
Both adoptees spent years searching for the identity of their bio-mothers. My sister Darlene discovered her bio-mother’s identity on (more…)
Oprah and I: Adoption Reunion Experiences
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
OPRAH AND I:
ADOPTION REUNION EXPERIENCES
I was nine years old—just eight days short of being ten—when my mother gave birth to a daughter she placed for adoption. Oprah said she was nine-years-old when her mother gave birth to a daughter and gave her up for adoption.
I was living with my mother. Oprah was living with her father.
Neither of us realized our mothers were pregnant. This was more understandable with Oprah, who wasn’t living with her mother. It was less understandable for me, living in the same apartment with my mother and sister. But back then, what did I know?
Both adoptees spent years searching for the identity of their bio-mothers. My sister Darlene discovered her bio-mother’s identity on (more…)