EIGHTEEN - HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY to ME!

65 years old and still can't find my mom LENORA JENNINGS

My 65th Birthday wish was to find my mother.

It was a grand mission, I wanted to find my mom  and my brother before my 65th Birthday. Because I didn't even know my mom's or my brothers birth dates, I realized it would be difficult. Spending Hours researching and taking an ANCESTRY.CA DNA TEST was the first real step in the right direction.  Sometimes though you just have to admit you failed....but of course that does Not mean you can give up. Even though I had set the deadline to find them by my 65th birthday, maybe I set my bar too high. There were times I actually thought I would make it, but I don't think I am any closer than I was a few months ago. On the plus side there are MANY  things I was able to accomplish in my 18 months of searching.

 What I found so far is amazing

The only fact I knew "for sure" (which ended up NOT being true) was my mothers name "LENORA JENNINGS" I found my mom's Birth date and birth place after searching custody papers at the court house. It was surreal reading her birth date for the first time in my life @ age 64.

I was also able to track down my mom's parents and siblings, though they have all passed away

What a wonderful accomplishment to have found and met my Maternal cousins whom I didn't even know about! I was pleasantly surprised to feel such a profound connection to them.

BEST of all I found and met my BROTHER STEVE - and we speak every week, rain or shine!

The search for LENORA ANNE JENNINGS continues

Having missed my dead line for finding my mother is a tad defeating....but also lights the fire under me. I feel so close, yet so far from the truth. I keep reassuring my brother Steve, that I WILL find our mother, or at least her resting place. Steve has also been helping. He obtained his Adoption papers with non-identifying information about our mother from the Children's Aid Society in Toronto. It didn't give us much but he has also requested non-identifying information on his Bio-dad. We are crossing our fingers that there is something in those files. I think another trip to the Court house for more files on mom might help....and of course another visit to the "Church Of Latter Day Saints" where they have people who will help you with your search.

Going to set another dead line to accomplish this - lets try for September 19 2019 - Brother STEVE's 69th Birthday! Wish US LUCK!!!!