Finding my birthmom and her family has indeed been tremendous. Going from having a list of questions gathered over a lifetime to having the answers in the space of a few days was amazing. Finding a roomful of people who look like me and share my love of sarcasm and fart jokes put a lot of things into place. But it's not like the reunions you see in the movies where all of a sudden I'm a part of their family. Because I'm a part of my family first and foremost. Because they have all gotten on with their lives since I left their family after a brief 3 day stay in it in 1973, because I've gotten on with my life too. Because it worked the way it was supposed to, with all of us getting on with what and who we were supposed to be and do. Meeting them didn't change that, it only closes a circle and adds a different kind of richness to all of our lives, one filled with sorrow and joy all mixed in together.