I've found my birth mother.

I have her name and her address.  I don't have a phone number, but that's okay. 

She's living in her hometown....she's remarried, and I have 3 sisters and a brother.  My brother and one sister are full-blood relatives, and the other 2 sisters are half-sisters.

I got identical information from 2 independent people, neither of whom have asked for payment.  That leads me to believe that all of it really is true, and that I really have found my birth mother.

Now all I have to do is make contact with her.  This is going to be hard.....I mean, what do you say to a person who gave birth to you but with whom you've had no contact for 36 years?

I'm going to write her a letter and send her some pictures of myself, Dave and the kids.  I want her to know that I bear no animosity towards her, no ill will.....that I simply wanted to know that she was alive and well.  Whether she wants to have a relationship from there is up to her.

I'm so shocked I'm shaking.  I've always wondered what this would feel like.....now I know.