Finding someone who looks like you...

Our first visit with Nita

Wayne had always known that his Mother and Daddy had adopted him as an infant from Hope Cottage in Dallas.  In 1999 he was fortunate to become acquainted with the lady who gave birth to him.  His decision to undertake finding her was not something he wanted to discuss with his mother because of the fears she had of loosing the love of her son whom she had loved all his life.  It was his decision, since she was nearing the end of her life, not to worry her by telling her that he was looking for his biological mother, or later that she had been found.  He was able to locate Nita, and keep his mother from being stressed about loosing his love, which was something that would never happen anyway!

Now, after 9 years of getting to know Nita, we are still awed when we see how much she and Wayne resemble each other.  It still amazes us to know that her daughter, Wayne's younger half-sister, selected the same teaching field that he had, and that she graduated from our Alma Mater, after we were no longer on SFA's campus. Nita has said that it was wonderful being found by the son she gave up... and that she was thrilled to find that she has 3 grandchildren, and 5 great-grands.  

Nita said, according to the case history Hope Cottage shared with us, that her wish for Wayne [when she gave him up] was that he be raised in a loving, Christian home, attend church, and have the opportunity to an education.  Her wishes have been fulfilled, and she knows it. His family couldn't have loved him more, we do attend church, and he earned his bachelor's degree, and 2 masters degrees.  His family made a wonderful life for him, and Nita has been gratified to learn that she made the right decision some 65 years ago.

She and Wayne visit by phone occasionally, and we visit her a couple of times each year.  She has just spent a week in our home, and even though it was cold and windy outside, we found that we could have a nice visit inside!   

Some of our time was spent sitting at the kitchen table, drinking coffee, and watching birds enjoy the feast that Wayne provides for them on a daily basis...

Wayne and 'Nita