The unexpected email...

1/27/2009

It was an ordinary day. I had a client training phone call scheduled for 11:30 AM. At 11:25 AM I got an unexpected email from Melissa, a gal who used to work for me from time to time. I hadn't worked with Melissa in about 2 years and only heard from her occaisionally so getting her email was a nice surprise. Here is an excerpt from her email:

Hello Linda, LONG TIME NO TALK… but this came up… it’s a long story and I don’t know your situation right now at all. But this is a friend of my mom’s… her daughter had a baby last week and they are looking to have her adopted. I know you and Mark were looking into that at one time and like I said, I have no idea what your situation is like now… but when I read this, I instantly thought of you! So, please let me know if this is something you are interested in… and I can put you in touch with Jann.

I was in complete SHOCK when I read the email. After the initial shock, I immediately emailed my client letting them know our training phone call would be delayed a bit. I then called Melissa for more information. Through a series of phone calls and emails I was given contact information for Dayna, the social worker in charge of the case. My next phone call would be to her....