Written by One of the interesting side effects of all the writing and the letter writing I’ve been doing the last few weeks is a clearer realization of just how easy it is to fall out of touch, how quickly time is passing. It hit me this week that Henry is just about the same age my youngest brothers Beau and Collin were when I reunited with my birthfamily and met them for the first time.
Blows my mind to think those little boys are in college now, that’s been more than 17 years since I stepped into their lives.
How things have changed! There have been a lot of twists and turns in the 17 years since, but the best part of the reunion has been building new relationships and watching my three different families slowly melt into one. I was having a conversation with some folks at work a few weeks ago, and they were intrigued by my very unique definition of “family,” as I explained that my family doesn’t just include my husband and kids and my closest biological and adoptive relatives, but all of the close friends and people in my life that I feel a deep, emotional, and somewhat inexplicable connection to. My family is the people I was born to, the people I was raised with, and all the people that I invest my time in and love deeply.
And it strikes me sometimes, as time keeps marching on, that I have been unimaginably blessed.
Lori Romano 
Is amazing how time does pass. When we look back it doesn’t seem possible but it has been so long ago. I have so enjoyed knowing you. Aunt Dorothy