A Story of Reconnection

Our corner of humanity is in the midst of an unfolding happy story of reconnection that needs sharing.

Almost two months ago we received a letter; more exactly Court received a letter from an address we weren’t familiar with. This letter stood out too. It was in a fancy envelope, obviously a handwritten personal letter. I had to open that letter addressed to my husband. After reading the letter for the third time I headed out to find Court and read it to him.

It started: Dear Mr. C. J. Cressy, and proceeded to explain that the writer of the letter, Judy, was looking for her birth mother, a woman named Carol. As I read the details of the letter to Court his face reflected shock and then confirmation that his sister Carol, and the woman that Judy was looking for were one and the same person.

Well holy doodle, you could have pushed either of us over with a feather. Although Court was at a loss to understand how Carol could have had a child that he didn’t know about, we agreed that I should phone Carol immediately with the news. Within moments Carol was on the phone. I asked if she was sitting down, and then read her the letter. When I heard Carol begin sobbing at the first paragraph I knew a little of what a midwife feels at a birthing. This was a re-birthing and congratulations were definitely the order of the day.

That evening as Court and I sat and reflected on the events and conversations of the day, we both noticed that we felt like a new baby (already happily married with two teenage sons) had come into the family. It was the same wonderful cozy yet expansive feeling we felt when my son Jarod and his wife Jeannette recently had their son Oliver. Carol was ecstatic to hear from Judy. Court is delighted to welcome a new niece in the family. Family and friends on both sides have been queuing up with the intention of getting together eventually for one huge group hug.

Judy has taken to using her birth name by way of accustoming herself to this new world that has opened up…so now it’s Judy-Lynn. Carol and Judy-Lynn made first eyeball to eyeball contact a week ago. A wonderful nerve wracking, spine tingling few hours of tears, hugs and laughter, joy, hope and promise…

I stand as witness to the joy that is coming to so many from Judy-Lynn having the courage to reach out…I stand as witness to Carols courage when she put her name on the list of women willing to be found by the child given up for adoption…I stand as witness to Judy-Lynn’s friend Joanne and the perseverance it took her to wade through the tons of legal paperwork for her friend. I stand as witness to aspects of Divine Feminine energy working through each of us. I stand as witness to the beauty and joy that comes to open loving hearts and spirits with willing minds. I stand as witness to the power and wonder of reconnection.