Surrendered | Ep. 1 | Linda's Story of Loss and Reunion

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Surrendered - Ep. 1 "Linda's Story of Loss and Reunion"

During 1945 to 1975, known as the Baby Scoop Era, it is estimated that over 2 million women in the US were coerced into surrendering their babies to adoption. After decades of remaining silent about what happened to them, some are finally coming forward to share their harrowing stories.

Linda, a mother of loss at 18 years old, grieved the loss of her son to adoption for decades. She was told she wasn't able to search for him until he turned 21. And on that day, she began the long search to find her first born.

The relationship she was able to build with her son after 26 years of separation, is a beautiful and rare story I wasn't expecting.

I am incredibly thankful that Linda entrusted me to share her story so that I could share it with the world.

If you connect to this story, find a deeper understanding of what a mother of loss lives through, and/or this story moves you as it has moved me, I hope that you'll click like on the video, subscribe to my YouTube Channel and share with others. You never know who this might help.

Thank you for watching,
Shelby Redfield Kilgore, an adoptee filmmaker

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