My life changed drastically since I have been reunited with my biological family. At age 24 in 1998, the reunion process, filled with ups and downs began. It started when my biological mother found me. She put clues together she had gathered from our exchange of letters written and monitored by my adoption agency. I lived in an upperclassmen dorm on campus and attended college then. It turned out she only lived one hour from me so she drove to my college town and we met that night. My bio Mom helped me connect with all members on her side of the family and led me to connect with my biological father and his side of family. I am her only child and I have two brothers and one sister r7ĺthrough my biological father. I formed close relationships with my bio parents and bio siblings. I have experienced sadness, including deaths of my bio father, paternal bio grandmother, bio uncle & maternal bio grandfather. I have experienced joy, such as being Godmother to bio niece. It balances out.