Why...........

Easter was an eye opener in more ways than one!!!!!! What was meant to be a quiet break from the stress of my day to day life turned into the MOST stressful time I've had in ages!!!

First off, on the Thursday evening, my long awaited reunion with the daughter I gave up for adoption when I was seventeen was, what I thought, a success..............turns out I was wrong. I can understand her not wanting a another mother, I mean, she was brought up by someone else, and I understand that she loves that person unconditionally, but was it so necessary to accept me and my children over the wide expanse of sea that separates Australia and SA and then, after meeting us to totally exclude us from her life............I understand, but do my teenagers? They fell in love with her over the months and it was the highlight of their year to actually meet her in person only to be ignored after that initial meeting. In my eyes that is SO cruel. Our whole Easter weekend was turned upside down. Oh well, I'll be more careful and less trusting if there ever is a next time.

Our hearts are broken.