• My Brother part 1
In the late summer of 1972 my mother gave birth to a baby boy. September 17th.
She named him Rhett Michael.
She stayed at Sellers Maternity Home for Unwed Girls in New Orleans.
She would have given birth at Baptist Hospital and Rhett would have been adopted through Sellers•possibly with help from Volunteers of America.
He may have a younger adopted sister.
Birth mothers were told the babies would be adopted to out of state family but that wasn't true so he may have adoptive parents in Louisiana.
I have searched and joined registries I have tested DNA and have asked any living relative and friends for any help.
Unfortunately to be pregnant and unwed at 20yo was an embarrassment to the family. So mom was sent away to live at Sellers. She was forced to give up the baby by the distasteful persuasion of the adults in her life, the people who loved her most.
She never forgave herself for that. Moms heart and the ability to love completely would have made her a fine mother at any age. But she was shunned and disconnected from her family.
Hearing about this after her passing not only broke my heart that was already in pieces but filled me with such anger on her behalf.
I will not stop until I reach some level of closure that she was always too guilty to look for.
I hope to share my information publicly as far and wide as I can. He has not tested DNA via Ancestry nor have his children if he had any.
Had I known the story behind this painful story of her pregnancy, birth and surrendering a baby I KNOW she wanted, many things would have been different.
She grew, delivered and birthed that baby alone. And when she left sellers I'm pretty sure she felt like she had no one. My heart is broken over this.
She was so beautiful inside out. She encouraged and prayed for everyone but never again felt worthy. I wont speak ill of the dead... or the living either, but the fact that I cannot talk to them or change what happened requires me to shift my focus only onto the future.
...im thinking after some time, research, and planning I will be driving to Louisiana.
I pray people will share this and I pray God guides me on this journey.
She named him Rhett Michael.
She stayed at Sellers Maternity Home for Unwed Girls in New Orleans.
She would have given birth at Baptist Hospital and Rhett would have been adopted through Sellers•possibly with help from Volunteers of America.
He may have a younger adopted sister.
Birth mothers were told the babies would be adopted to out of state family but that wasn't true so he may have adoptive parents in Louisiana.
I have searched and joined registries I have tested DNA and have asked any living relative and friends for any help.
Unfortunately to be pregnant and unwed at 20yo was an embarrassment to the family. So mom was sent away to live at Sellers. She was forced to give up the baby by the distasteful persuasion of the adults in her life, the people who loved her most.
She never forgave herself for that. Moms heart and the ability to love completely would have made her a fine mother at any age. But she was shunned and disconnected from her family.
Hearing about this after her passing not only broke my heart that was already in pieces but filled me with such anger on her behalf.
I will not stop until I reach some level of closure that she was always too guilty to look for.
I hope to share my information publicly as far and wide as I can. He has not tested DNA via Ancestry nor have his children if he had any.
Had I known the story behind this painful story of her pregnancy, birth and surrendering a baby I KNOW she wanted, many things would have been different.
She grew, delivered and birthed that baby alone. And when she left sellers I'm pretty sure she felt like she had no one. My heart is broken over this.
She was so beautiful inside out. She encouraged and prayed for everyone but never again felt worthy. I wont speak ill of the dead... or the living either, but the fact that I cannot talk to them or change what happened requires me to shift my focus only onto the future.
...im thinking after some time, research, and planning I will be driving to Louisiana.
I pray people will share this and I pray God guides me on this journey.
