The greatest news of my entire LIFE!

[Samurai_Writer]

Got my mail yesterday, and there was the letter I had been waiting for, for the last 14 years. A letter from the son who I surrendered for adoption when he was only 6 days old. I had been writing to his adoptive parents and him for the past 14 years (he's almost 28 now), with very little response from his adoptive parents (maybe 6 letters in all that time), and none from him... until today!

Needless to say, I was in shock, ecstatic, and nervous all at the same time. But after reading the letter, tears of joy were streaming down my face. I won't post the letter here, because I value his privacy, but the highlights were:

He apologized repeatedly for not writing until now.

He told me how great he is doing (and he's doing amazingly well, I'm so happy for him!)

He told me the reason he didn't write sooner. (He was afraid of the emotions that communicating with me might bring up -- but his emotions or mine? He wasn't very specific.)

I'm still in shock, and didn't get much sleep last night, but I am happier and more at peace now than I ever have been. Damn, now I'm crying again....