A Very Personal Story This story is told by Susan, a retired nurse. All names have been changed. Having been a nurse for several years, there were not a lot of extraordinary days. Things were fairly routine, and seldom did I come across anything that shocked me. So when I got a new patient, Catherine, it seemed like a normal day: An older lady in good spirits, but with a broken hip. Following Catherine's surgery, she was recovering nicely, and I had some free time, so I was visiting with her. I found her life story to be very interesting, as she had some difficult times as a young woman. Pregnant at 17, she was forced to move away until the birth of her son, and then, after placing him up for adoption, she returned home, only to have her family move away due to fear of being shamed. Catherine said she never gave up the thought of wishing she could find her son, which I understood, as my father was himself adopted and often thought that way about his
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