【An adoption social worker’s journey】My life is changed by a photo – part I
Will a social worker’s life changed by a person he/ she helps with? Will a photo change his/ her life dramatically? As a social worker, I can for sure say “YES” to those two questions. Why? It started from my first encounter with Julia on August 13, 2015. That day, I saw a friend of mine shared Julia’s article posted on August 11, 2015 titled “ISO Birthmother: I was born January 15, 1974 in Hualien, Taiwan. I was adopted through The Mustard Seed Mission” （ Julia's ISO Birthmother ） . As soon as I read the word “Adoption”, my curiosity mode automatically got turned on and I could feel adrenaline kicked in. My heartbeats were faster and my breaths became shorter. Without much rational thought processing, I typed “If there is anything I can do further, please let me know” in the common and hit “reply”. Furthermore, my professional hat got put on so a thought “not giving up” led me sending a personal message to Julia, just in case she did not see my reply. However, ...