For Searching For’s Pam Slaton it is hard not to mix business with pleasure…she loves her job and considers her clients her friends. I can understand why. She is helping them through possibly the most intense emotional journey they may ever choose to take.
Pam Slaton is a well-sought after genealogist who tries to ensure the best experience possible for her clients. When she went through her own personal drama of trying to find her birth mother, Pam had hired a searcher…and it was a horrible experience. When things were clearer, she decided to help others have a positive experience with their OWN search . Whether they have been adopted, have relatives who have been adopted out or are simply looking for family, Pam’s clients receive caring and thoughtful advice and answers. Pam wants no one to get hurt…and vows to have their back in the process.
This is truly a delicate matter. So many families and individual’s lives may be turned upside down. It can bring joy for some and reminders of shame for others. It appears Pam is going to do her best to respect each person involved which is wonderful.
Knowing your roots allows you to know yourself. This road of self-discovery will be scary and may even be bumpy, but I hope it will bring joy and comfort to all involved.
Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?
Wow, I’m watching in tears the reunion with Michael and James. The warmth, love and acceptance of Michael was felt all the way into my heart. James wife said all the right things to Michael, she is an absolute example of family. James was so loving to his child. When Michael called him “Dad”….ohhh, I wept.
My husband’s parents divorced when he was only 3. Many years later we met his Mom, and in time it was said she went on to have 4-more children, now equally 8. She left that family too, but they were taken from their Dad and placed with good families. The original (4) went through a lot, witnessing beatings between their Dad, and who they knew as their Mom. Their Father, who was also abusive to them. There was chaos, neglect, and dysfunction amongst them. My husband came away unscathed, however the other three have suffered, drugs, abuse, prison, divorce etc. Just recently the second family requested to meet the original four. Sadly, they will be disappointed. Dolores Mary Distler, their Mother had a total of 10 children, raising only 2, and I believe the last two also struggled. When Dolores passed a couple years ago, we didn’t attend her funeral.
Regardless, what a beautiful, and wonderful reunion with James and Michael. I am so happy for them. Thank you for sharing….~Joyce met