How Can I Know Who I Really Am?

Haley loved her adopted mom and dad to pieces.that she couldn't give out any information.
However, they were not the people that made her,Then, to Haley's surprise, the woman leaned closer to
and she always felt a need to find out who herHaley and said, "I was adopted too. I can't give you
biological parents were. She had tried for years toany information about your birth parents, but I can
find information about her birth parents. Her adoptivegive you the URL to a website that helped me out a
parents only knew the name of her mother andlot." Then, the woman wrote a website down on a
where she used to live.sheet of paper and handed it to Haley.
The adoption agency that her adoptive parents wentBack at home, Haley went to a reverse records
through was unwilling to provide her with any otherwebsite and saw that there was a space for a name.
information. She searched and searched the internetShe thought for a moment about the woman at the
and the name of her mother. She couldn't find anyadoption agency and she typed in her biological
information anywhere. She had started to think thatmother's name.
perhaps she would never find out who her birthWithin seconds, the website provided her with a new
parents were. She had so many questions to askaddress and phone number. Haley absolutely could
them.not believe it. All these years she had searched and
She wanted to look at them and see if she could findwithin seconds, she had found out where her real
a resemblance. She wanted to know the reasonsmother was. After coming to terms with the
that she was put up for adoption and she wanted tosituation, Haley finally dialed the number that had
thank them for giving her the opportunity to havepopped up on the website.
the life that she had led with her beloved adoptiveWhen the woman's voice answered, Haley said, "Hi.
parents.My name is Haley and I am looking for my birth
She just couldn't get over the need to talk to them,mother. Did you give a baby girl up for adoption
to see them, to at least know that they were alivethirty three years ago?" There was a long pause and
and where they were. Haley gave up for a whilethe woman on the other line began to sob.
because she was out of resources and out of leads.Haley couldn't believe that she had finally found her
However, upon another trip to the adoption agency,birth mother. Since then, she has gotten to know
she found that there was a new girl working.both her birth mother and half siblings. Her father had
She wondered if this woman would give her thepassed away some time before that, but Haley was
information she needed. As she asked, the womanthankful to know the rest of her family. She could
began to shake her head before Haley even finishednever have found the information without that
her question. Apologetically, the woman told Haleywebsite.