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Thirty-two years after giving her son up for adoption, Terri Fuller, a mom from Layton, UT, found him in the most unusual way, thanks to a simple typo.
Fuller gave up her son, Rustin Hawver, when he was just two and she "was young and just barely surviving," she told Salt Lake City's KSL.com. She's spent the past decades searching for him, and recently created a MySpace page to announce she was looking for her boy. Only she accidentally left the "w" out of his last name. By coincidence, Rustin, now in his thirties and living hundreds of miles away, was using Google to search for his own blog. His own typo led him, inadvertently, to his mother's MySpace page.
"Hi, I'm Rustin Hawver, H-A-W-V-E-R," he wrote to her. "I think I'm the one you're looking for that you want to meet. Please let me know if I'm wrong."
He was not.
Break out your hankies. The pair are hoping to reunite in March. "We want to get together as soon as we can," Fuller gushed to MomLogic.com. "He says I'm the icing on the cake in his life right now."
Rustin has found peace in their reunion too. "It has set my mind at ease, lifted a weight off my heart and allowed me to breathe knowing bits and pieces of who I am is now finally there." You don't realize what kind of changes your life is going to take until you're there!
Bit and pieces made whole because of bytes and blunders. "If it wasn't for Google or that keyboard being messed up, I would have never have found [her]," Hawver said.
They say there's no such thing as a coincidence. Stories like this one make you believe that may just be true."My heart never forgot," gushed Fuller. "[I] can't wait to see him, put my arms around him and let him know that I never did forget him."
What do you think? Were Fuller and Hawver meant to meet again? Has anything like this ever happened to you?
Fuller gave up her son, Rustin Hawver, when he was just two and she "was young and just barely surviving," she told Salt Lake City's KSL.com. She's spent the past decades searching for him, and recently created a MySpace page to announce she was looking for her boy. Only she accidentally left the "w" out of his last name. By coincidence, Rustin, now in his thirties and living hundreds of miles away, was using Google to search for his own blog. His own typo led him, inadvertently, to his mother's MySpace page.
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"Hi, I'm Rustin Hawver, H-A-W-V-E-R," he wrote to her. "I think I'm the one you're looking for that you want to meet. Please let me know if I'm wrong."
He was not.
Break out your hankies. The pair are hoping to reunite in March. "We want to get together as soon as we can," Fuller gushed to MomLogic.com. "He says I'm the icing on the cake in his life right now."
Rustin has found peace in their reunion too. "It has set my mind at ease, lifted a weight off my heart and allowed me to breathe knowing bits and pieces of who I am is now finally there." You don't realize what kind of changes your life is going to take until you're there!
Bit and pieces made whole because of bytes and blunders. "If it wasn't for Google or that keyboard being messed up, I would have never have found [her]," Hawver said.
They say there's no such thing as a coincidence. Stories like this one make you believe that may just be true."My heart never forgot," gushed Fuller. "[I] can't wait to see him, put my arms around him and let him know that I never did forget him."
What do you think? Were Fuller and Hawver meant to meet again? Has anything like this ever happened to you?
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 15)
1-29-2009 @ 1:19PM
Linda said...Hi, Ms. Fuller
I hope you get this. In my opinion when you allowed your son to be adopted, I believe you did the only thing you could do to make his live better and I know that it was so hard to do. I lost a son in 1975, when he was only 5, but I know I will see him in heaven someday and I can hardly wait. You have a chance to see yours soon here on earth. I just know that God's hand is all over this and I praise Him for it. I just don't know how you can wait until March, but I know that God will be with you while you wait and I know it will be worth the wait. I sit here with goose bumps all over me, so I just know that I have to send this. God bless you.
Because I love Him,
Linda
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1-28-2009 @ 3:16PM
Anne King said...Oh, the joy of hugging a (grand)child for the first time, tho she's now 33 years old. My daughter was getting married for 2nd time, already had a 2-year-old son, became pregnant & the boyfriend ran out on her. She gave her chld for adoption at birth, we never saw her, but I heard her cry as the nurse brought her out of the delivery room & went up the hall. I prayed for the child every day. That was in 1976. we never knew anything, but . . . of all things . . . Don't tell me God doesn't have a hand in all that happens. Living in the Dallas area, I was involved in several auto accidents & got chiropractic treaments for the pain & injuries. After 5 years I left the Dallas area & moved back home near Texarkana. My close friend, the mother of the run-away groom, told me of chiropractic care she was getting in a nearby town. I made an appointment, & lo & behold, it was the dr. that I had seen in the Dallas area. I began treatment with him.
His little children came to his office after school each day. One day his little daughter ran up the hall, fell & scraped her knee. Crying, she went to her mother's office & her mother was on the phone. I offered to help her & she crawled up in my lap. I remember feeling a sense of awe as I looked into her eyes. Something . . . I don't know what & couldn't explain it. In 2006, a phone call came to a relative, he called my daughter with the info. She called the girl back & it was "our darling". A few days later, she came to TX from her home up in a northern state & we had a wonderful Christmas together. She is a beautiful, well-educated, loving person. Both her adoptive parents have died & she keeps in close contact with my daughter all time. We are so thankful to have the opportunity to know her.
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1-28-2009 @ 3:04PM
Marilyn said...Sissy, I have been on both sides of this adoption thing. I was adopted when I was 6 months old. I had a wonderful family and love them to the end of the earth and they me also. I found my birth family 3 years ago. I understand why I was adopted and I love them to the end of the earth and they me also. When I was young and alone, I gave a child up for adoption. I never forgot her and 2 years ago,I found her. I love her to the end of the earth and she me also. so, every peoson has to do what is right for them. What works for one may not work for some one else. Please be kind. Nice matters.
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2-04-2009 @ 12:22AM
Angelika said...How awesome. I too was placed for adoption, however I was 3 days old when my Daddy flew from Texas to Ca. to stay at the hospital where I was born and to meet the young girl who was fulfilling his and my moms long desires to have a daughter. He found out all he could from "the petite, blond hair, blue eyed angel" who had given life to his new princess. They later shared everything they knew about my birth parents with me. I have always had a deep need to tell my birth mother thank you. She gave an opportunity to grow up in a loving environment. After several failed attempts to locate her I found her on classmates.com. We too are planning on a reunion in March or possibly May. I wish more young people would read our stories and know that by placing their babies up for adoption they are giving the ultimate gift of love. Instead of children trying to raise babies they are prepared to .
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1-28-2009 @ 3:06PM
wiley said...These two deserve each other!!! Neither one knows how to spell their own name! Are you kidding me with this?!?!
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1-28-2009 @ 3:08PM
Sissy said...cvore..I wish you the best when seeing your father...don't ever believe things people say about another parent...it's just not right to do that. God bless you all who have found your loved ones and are healthy with it.
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1-28-2009 @ 3:07PM
Barbara said...The article mentions the idea of "no such thing as a coincidence." I'd like to present another way to look at that. Consider the word co-incident. Co - two or more - incidents occuring simultaneously. The word coincidence has been misunderstood for a very long time. Think of the coincidences in your life - you think of a friend and they call - you go to the store and run into someone you haven't seen in a long time. Coincidence? Yes. But not the way you used to think of it. I suggest next time you experience a coincidence, look at it more closely. Give it another name if that helps. How about synchronicity? How about Law of Attraction?
From Barbara - Law of Attraction Certified Trainer and Coach.
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1-28-2009 @ 3:10PM
JD said...I'm riding a double edged sword on this. When my grandmother passed, we discovered that she and my grandfather had given a son up for adoption through the State of California in 1945/46. Neither my mom or her sister were allowed access to the records on Larry LeRoy Dunn's birth to try and locate him.
My mother passed in 2000, I learned then, that in 1952, as a teenager, she was forced to place a daughter up for adoption. Marla Sue Wood was born in Sioux City, Iowa and adopted through the Crittendon Home. Again we discovered that siblings have no rights to information.
My sister died of Lymphoma in April of 2008, there are major health issues that both Larry and Marla deserve to know about, yet, we have no way to reach them, and in my opinion, that's just wrong. The laws need to change or a central adoption registry needs to be established not just for those who were adopted, but for those who are left behind.
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1-28-2009 @ 4:29PM
MC said...My mother had me when she was seventeen. Three years later
she had a second child, my brother. When I was four and he
was just a year old she gave him up for adoption. I also didn't
meet my biological father until I was in my thirties. I'm still looking'
for my brother and do have some good leads. If you need some more info, please e-mail and maybe I can help!!!!!
MC
1-28-2009 @ 4:55PM
MC said...To JD
I replied to your blog # 60. I agree with you the laws do need to be
changed. My mother gave my brother up for adoption not me. When
I started looking for my brother years ago I was told the only way
they would open a sealed file would be for health reasons( such
as a donor) or inheritance. Otherwise forget it, thats the law in CA.
Idon't know if my brother was ever told that he was adopted, but I
would still like to find him. I think about him everyday and wonder
if he had a good life, if he's married, has children, etc. If he was
told I'm sure he has questions about possible health issues and
the why. I'm able to fill in many answers if only I could find him.
MC
1-28-2009 @ 4:27PM
fred said...So what some of you are saying is there is never a good reason for a parent to give up their child? So lets say, she has no money, no family, no home living on the street, she should never give up the child to allow it to have a possible better future than she can ever give it?
That doesnt sound to me like someone who doesnt love the child but is being unselfish and loves it more than you people ever could. I was one of those children given up for such reasons, and I love and respect my birth mother for doing so.
Until you walk in their shoes, you should not judge.
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1-28-2009 @ 3:13PM
SirSFsBE said...Sissy,
You left the barn door WIDE OPEN when you posted your personal life ona buliten board type setting.
If you didn't want comments on your choicesIE PERSONAL LIFE you should not have posted.
Its called life on lifes terms.or you get consequences for your actions.
hope you forgive yourself soon
BE
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1-28-2009 @ 10:07PM
david said...Thankyou, I am David the son of sissy who is not there anymore in her mind. This is a way for her to hurt me because I don't want her in my life anymore, she is just so full of hate and guilt..
1-28-2009 @ 3:12PM
Heather said...I think its great that they found each other. A similar situation happened with my mom and my half brother. His dad took him when he was less than a year old. After twenty years my mom finally found him on Myspace. Since then he has came to visit numerous times. It was amazing getting to meet him for the first time.
I wish them the best of Luck.
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1-28-2009 @ 3:15PM
Sissy said...babara....a coincidence is a miracle of God in disguise
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1-28-2009 @ 4:00PM
yellonsexxy said...I would just like to say to all who are judging and saying that parents who give there children up should rot, you should really be glad that this lady gave the child up instead of killing him like the guy in LA who killed all his kids his wife and himself because he didn't want anybody to have to take care of them because him and his wife lost their job or even worse like the sorry piece of crap of a mom who killed Cailey Anythony...So stop judging!
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1-28-2009 @ 3:15PM
cannotbelievethis said...Rufus19 - you don't know what your'e talking about. i put my daughter up for adoption because 1) i don't believe in abortion, 2) I am adopted - and have a wonderful life, and 3) my child had a life and future I could never even dream of giving her. I won't rot in hell, I have relocated her and we are good friends, but I am not her mother - I am merely the vessel that gave her life. Unless you've been there, butt out.
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1-28-2009 @ 3:21PM
cannotbelievethis said...JD - write the Orphans Court and tell them what you just wrote down. Explain why you want them located. Here in Maryland you can go through Department of Human Services, and they keep it in a database, along with your contact information, whether you want the peron to contact you or not.
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1-28-2009 @ 3:20PM
anothrglrl said...I found my long lost nephew on MySpace. He had taken off from Ohio for Florida about 10 years ago and no one had heard from him. I just happened to look his name up in the find friends section and the picture really looked like him. I friend requested him with a small note asking if he was indeed my nephew, and he wrote back to say yes, and we've been writing back and forth ever since. I have given his info to his Dad and hopefully they will make amends and start seeing each other.
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1-28-2009 @ 3:19PM
Sissy said...BE....i gave all that info hoping others in the same situation might help him..don't judge me...Karma is good to me now...life is better without his threats ...bye...going to work now...
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