title: Letters and Reflections to My Adopted Daughters
author:  Jody Moreen 
description: Jody Moreen, adoptee, is the editor of Adoption Blessings Journal, a Christian publication and facilitator of Adoptees, Birth Parents &amp; Adoptive Parents Together, a Chicago area adoption support group. She is a freelance writer, speaker, and mentor celebrating adoption and the sanctity of life. Jody has been a volunteer for over a decade in the adoption community locally and online. She resides in Naperville, IL with her husband Scott and three sons.
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  ## ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  I am deeply grateful to Alice Collins Plebuch, her sister, Gerardine Collins
  Wiggins, and their brothers Jim, John, Bill, Brian, and Ed for allowing me
  into their lives and helping me understand their emotional trajectories, as
  well as the experiences of their father, Jim Collins. Alice’s incredible mind
  and perseverance made it possible for her to solve the mystery of her father;
  her record-keeping and meticulous memory—not to mention her time and
  patience—made it possible for me to recount her efforts. Gerry offered
  important context and emotional perspective, and had records and recollections
  that deepened my understanding of the family and its search. I am also deeply
  grateful to Pam Benson for her time and thoughtful insights into her own
  journey and the life of her father, Phillip Benson.
  
  
  I want to thank the “seekers,” many of whom spent hours telling me their
  stories of heartbreak, wonder, and love. It is a leap of faith to tell a
  stranger y