I had just turned 18 I knew that year for me was going to be the year of tough
decision making for life in general but also because 18 was a typical age for
anyone who's been adopted to seek out and find their biological family
although I had it set in my mind that I'd reach out to my biological mother as
soon as I turned 18 I didn't I actually waited until October of 2018 over the
years I always imagined how things would be once I reconnected with my biological
mother even wondered how much we looked alike
and if we looked alike at all I pictured us hanging out all the time and becoming
best friends and having big family gatherings with my adoptive and
biological family there was a lot I thought about but even through all the
thinking I never knew what to fully expect I was able to find my mother via
Facebook surprisingly after years of living for her and ever seeing a profile
pop up I saw her a message that says something like hey mom it's Lisa your
daughter how have you been days go by and the
message hasn't been seen I still had hope though but soon those days of no
response turn into weeks and soon those weeks turned into months until December
22nd of 2018 I got a message saying hey Lisa how are you doing if you have her
half of the time can I see you a lot of you motions were felt this day mostly
happy had we thought my biological mother never forgot about me after 11
years of me being taken away from her we continued to talk and then Christmas Day
came where I spent the holiday with my adopted family of course and then
arranged plans to see my mom that day I was beyond nervous but the excitement I
had could cause me to shoot through the roof if I could it was the moment I've
waited for for so many years not only was I seeing my mom but I was also
seeing my grandmother along with two of my aunts and some of my cousins I walked
up to the door and I was instantly greeted by my grandmother and then my
mom it was almost like I was staring into a mirror I saw myself in her and I
think that's when it fully clicked that this is my mother we greeted and then
hugged for what seemed like forever it was so weird to be living in a moment
I've dreamed about for so long we spent the day hanging out and talking and just
catching each other up on what's happening in life we definitely have a
long way to go to make up for the years miss Dimitra
lives but that's okay just being able to talk to her and to see her it's an
amazing feeling and it's definitely a time to remember Christmas of 2018 was
the best Christmas I've ever had I remember asking Santa when I was eight
to have my mom back and although he's a little late on the gift the timing could
have been any better and I couldn't have gotten her a gift any better than that