3 Journies of the Heart = 1 Forever Family

We had hired a man named Gene to search for the biological families of Nik and Vitaly.  He drove 1600 miles in four days from Kramatorsk to Ternopil and back this week. 

Today, I went to check my email and my heart stopped.  There were seven messages from him.  Unopened in front of me were five emails with attachments and the words:  Pictures.

Pictures!

My hands began to tremble and tears welled in my eyes, as I opened an email that read “report” and began to devour the information. 

It was all about the history of Vitaly’s biological heritage and the people that surrounded it.  I began to cry.  Tears ran down my face as I absorbed more and more information of the family:  A great grandmother, a grandfather, a grandmother, a half sister and a half brother, an Aunt, a mother.

There were pictures of a little town outside of Ternopil, where they live with a beautiful church.  Pictures of a little girl with eyes of amber just like Vitaly’s.  Pictures of a great-grandmother and her home, who was very excited to learn of Vitaly and so happy we had contacted them.  There were many more pictures of other family members. 

Some of the information is sad.  To protect my son I will not disclose the full story, but I will tell you unfortunately his mother is deceased at a very young age.  I will tell you that the great-grandmother and his sister are filled with joy that we contacted them.  I can’t wait to tell them more about him!  I am so excited we did this search.  I encourage every family to do this for your child.  It is invaluable.  It finally opens a door that hid so many mysteries. 

I did download some pictures here  http://thecabbagepatchkids.blogspot.com/<