I met my birth mother for the first time in early January. She turned out to be a lovely person, and my personality is definitely more like hers than it is like any of the adopted family I grew up with. I've also since enjoyed meeting other birth relatives.

Today I spent a pleasant few hours with my mother and her surviving sister (who I was meeting for the first time). Mum gave me these lovely coffee mugs, and my aunt gave me a necklace which had been owned by their late father. I'm feeling very loved. ❤️

Photo of two coffee mugs on a white bench. Both mugs are white china with designs printed on them. The left mug has mostly blue abstract patterns with some gold streaks, and the name Emma printed in black. The right mug shows four black cats, a mouse, and a fish-skeleton in an abstract style.
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