A British mother has launched a Facebook campaign this weekend, in a ‘last ditch attempt’ to find the daughter she was forced to give up for adoption 43 years ago.
Rowena Fuller took to the social media site yesterday to share her heart-wrenching story, in the hopes of finding Nicola Brett.
In the post, Rowena explains how her mother forced her to give up her daughter, just 10 days after giving birth.
After spending years searching for her daughter, Rowena is now desperate to finally make contact with Nicola, in time for her own upcoming 60th birthday.
Here is Rowena’s heart-rending plea, in her own words:
"#findnicolabrett I apologise in advance if the following should shocks any of my friends, but this is a last ditch attempt.
You were born on 19th December 1973 in Heath Hospital Cardiff.
I named you Nicola. Your original birth certificate is in the name of Nicola Brett.
For 10 days I learned how to bath you, keep you warm and cuddle you. You were with me for my 17th birthday on the 27th December that year.
On the morning of the 30th December it was snowing. I dressed you in your snow white layette and took the lift down to the car park.
A woman was waiting there and I couldn't let you go.
There was an undignified struggle and my mother wrested you from my arms and handed you over.
The woman turned and walked away - I felt as if my heart had been ripped from my body.
You were adopted through the Church of England Children's Society. This photo was sent to me by your parents on your 1st birthday. It is the only photo I have and has faded over 43 years.
I have tried to find you but without success so now I am begging all my friends, their friends and their friends' friends to share this post. I have lived 43 years with a tear in the cloth of my life, notwithstanding a wonderful daughter, a fine son and a whole possee of adopted/kids by marriage - but this pain will always linger with me. I will be sixty this birthday and would love to hear from Nicola (or whatever her name is now) in the hope that together we can darn the hole. I think you were brought up in South Wales, but by now you could be anywhere. Please, please if you read this, give me a chance - I did and do love you. Your half brother and sister, my husband and the majority of my friends know all about you and my attempts to find you - you would be welcomed by all.
Please, please share this post and maybe, just maybe this great machine that is social networking might make my sixtieth and Nicola's 43rd two very happy birthdays, thank you,
Rowena"
We hope Rowena gets her wish.
