Dealing with reunion

Apart from the first months of reunion Anthony was out in Canada for two years but we were able to keep up regular communication.

One of the ways was through adoption.com’s chat room and sometimes we would have long chats. Anthony didn’t have a very good sense of humour and didn’t seem to realize how incredibly funny he could be.  Occasionally I teased Anthony that the midwife dropped him on his head when he was born and knocked his sense of humour out of him which he did see the funny side of.

Anthony wanted me to have another child as he wanted a sibling as his father rejected him so he couldn’t have a relationship with his half-brother.  There was a slim chance that Rick and I could have a child together but it didn’t happen which Anthony had to learn to live with.

Around this time a lady who emailed me who sounded desperate about wanting to find her son who was adopted – he was 22 years old – and asked me for advice.  I didn’t have a clue where she got my email address so assumed it was from one of the groups/forums I belonged to and was certain she was British as well.  Had to be honest that I found Anthony by accident and through which website.  Gave her some constructive advice about how to go about searching and who to approach for help on the matter.  I hoped to get some feedback though.

Our eldest dog, Bouncer, wasn’t to goo and he collapsed once then his back legs went on him again while we were out. It was probably to do with his heart murmur but it was still upsetting to see it happen as he seemed so happy.  We were thankful he had gone on this long really as we knew he had a heart murmur for the past 6 years.